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Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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I will never forget the will of the people who believed in me wherever I went during the election campaign.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
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National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
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South Korea's economy is still difficult. I will create a country where nobody worries about putting food on the table.
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I will revive the legend of the economic miracle, making the country a place where people have no worry about living and young people merrily go to work.
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I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
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Different times need different types of leadership.
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We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people's happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people's lives has been severed.
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My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000 years of poverty. What he left unaccomplished was democratization of the system.
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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
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I have no child to inherit my properties. You, the people, are my only family, and to make you happy is the reason I do politics.
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I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.
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I have no family to take care of.
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I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.
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Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.
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In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.
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I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.
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I will open an era of grand national unity.
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I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security and trust-based diplomacy.