"Ultimately, leadership is about the strength of one's convictions, the ability to endure the punches, and the energy to promote an idea. And I have found that those who do achieve peace never acquiesc…"

"The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue wa…"

"Democracy is not just about following procedures, it is also about nurturing democratic values. Values of tolerance, pragmatism, equality, and human rights."

"I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman. The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim…"

"Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism."