Zuzana Čaputová 🇸🇰

"I leave with a clear conscience. I did everything I could."

"My beloved Slovakia! We went through five challenging years together. I could see your pain up close, but also the joy and potential in the wonderful people who live here."

"Slovakia, I wish you calmer times, wise leadership and more humanity."

"The only place where peace and security begin is in our minds and hearts. We have to start from them. By themselves. With your words and actions."

"We are so vulnerable and let's make the moment of eternity we have here together better for each other."

"My beloved Slovakia, it was an honor to serve you. Thank you."

"I considered it my mission to strive for dialogue connected with mutual respect. To listen to the opinions of citizens, political partners, experts and act in such a way as to ease tensions and sharpen the edges."

"I really wish that this message resonates in Slovakia, that it turns into reality... It is important that we preach less about peace to others, but above all experience it within ourselves."

"Hate was not the cause of the assassination, but it was its breeding ground."

"The hateful rhetoric we witness in society leads to hateful acts."

"Hatred in society is the result of political rhetoric that divides people into good and bad."

"The adoption of the law on RTVS would be contrary to the European Act on media freedom. It threatens the independence of public media."

"Rudeness, vulgarity and lying are not signs of strength, but of weakness. True strength lies in calmness and perspective. And the greatest strength is the ability to control yourself."

"One of the biggest obstacles to Slovakia's development is corruption."

"Elections do not change society and must not change the democratic values ​​on which it is based."

"We simply need more truth and love, as pathetic as that sounds."

"The European Union is our future. Slovakia belongs to Europe and will remain there."

"The war in Ukraine is not a conflict, it is Russian aggression."

"I want to ask all people in Slovakia to unite us in the interest to tell the truth, to know the truth, because only the truth means justice."

"Someone here cynically tried to create a state within a state and rule it for themselves and their people. None of you deserve this. None of you. This must stop and never happen again."

"Life in a free and democratic state is not a matter of course, but a precious value that has been redeemed by considerable sacrifices."

"Brexit is the epitome of the populism we are facing in many countries and what we definitely need is a Brexit with a deal and not no deal."

"We must together do as much as possible to make our hills, forests, and nature our protected home."

"Love is stronger than hate. She always was and always will be."

"Justice must never be a subject of trade and must never be a commodity. It must not serve individual interests."

"We can defeat hatred only by expanding the space for love and respect for each other."

"General Štefánik's legacy is proof that deep inner patriotism does not contradict a strong European identity and global thinking."

"We also need the unity of the North Atlantic Alliance in view of our relations with Russia, which are not improving."

"We really live in a time when populism has the upper hand in many countries and populism is not burdened with truth."

"We really have something to be proud of. That's so cool, the feeling that I'm representing the country as it is."

"I think that any serious media should avoid spreading conspiracy propaganda."

"Prayer is a part of my daily life and is an expression of gratitude to God for what has happened in my life."

"I understand Wenceslas Square full of peaceful people, because I understood those squares in Bratislava. Because we are united by a calm tone, that is very important."

"I understand Wenceslas Square full of peaceful people, because I understood those squares in Bratislava."

"I did not come to rule, I came to serve the citizens, residents, Slovakia."

"I will exercise my mandate freely. Without obeying orders from anyone."

"Democracy is not a given. It is a value that we must take care of every day."

"Hate and fear have never won over love and hope."

"Corruption is the biggest obstacle to Slovakia's development."

"In terms of appointing powers, you will have me as the guarantor of appointing only the best professionally and personally."

"Courage is not being without fear. Courage is doing the right thing despite fear."

"Let's fight for Slovakia, for which we will not have to be ashamed."