Moon Jae-in Quotes

I believe President Trump is more reasonable than he is generally perceived. President Trump uses strong rhetoric toward North Korea, but during the election campaign, he also said he could talk over a burger with Kim Jong-un. I am for that kind of pragmatic approach to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.

We probably could more successfully resolve the North Korean nuclear threat through game-theoretic reasoning. We could successfully resolve what American leaders seem to perceive as an Iranian nuclear threat through game-theoretic reasoning.

My goal is to resolve the North Korean nuclear problem and solidify peace during my term.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

We are convinced that the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue is through negotiations.

The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable.

Our Russian policy must not be dictated by people who have already made up their minds there is no possibility of working with the Russians and that our interests are bound to conflict and ultimately lead to war. From my point of view, this is an untenable position and can but lead to disaster.

I don't think the North Korean leadership is interested in a genuine deal to end their WMD programs or their stranglehold on the North Korean people.

We want to have diplomatic engagement with the North Koreans.

President Trump has always said that he does not want war, that he seeks peace with Iran, peace in the Middle East.

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility.

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.

As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue.

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.

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

I've been arguing this for months. This is not our war. This is not a war we should be in. Australia's better spending its time negotiating with North Korea.

A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.

All States do not have the same interests, but are there any interests which cannot be infinitely better reconciled before than after a war?

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

The reason that our policy and negotiations with North Korea have failed so badly that is sane people negotiating with crazy people.

It is our belief that nations should embrace dialogue and peaceful settlement of disputes instead of rushing to arms, for suffering and bloodshed will ensue.

The key is we have to keep those communications together, and we all agree on one goal - a denuclearized North Korea.

The most important thing I would do is to try to institutionalize U.S.-Soviet summits.

After years of failure, I do think that President Trump has shown a lot of wisdom in reaching out his hand to the North Korean leader and to suggest to them that there might be a different future for the North Korean people.

Disarmament requires trust.