Kim Jong-un — "Progress is achieved through unceasing struggle and effort."

"American basketball is inferior to our Korean style. We play with more revolutionary spirit."

"We are willing to talk about limits freezes - but we would need to be given something in return security, in the form of diplomatic recognition by Washington and guarantees of nonaggression from China…"

"We should make self-reliance the lifeline of our revolution."

"The entire party, the entire army and all the people should turn out as one to build a powerful socialist country."

"Our people have placed trust, as high as the sky and as deep as the sea, in me, but I have failed to always live up to it satisfactorily. I am really sorry for that."