Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

- Kim Dae-Jung

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

- Kim Dae-Jung

So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the Nor…

- Kim Dae-Jung

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

- Kim Dae-Jung

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in…

- Kim Dae-Jung

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good i…

- Kim Dae-Jung

But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien socie…

- Kim Dae-Jung

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

- Kim Dae-Jung

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

- Kim Dae-Jung