"All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question."

"Military dictatorship is strangling my people."

"I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community's best guarantee of stability in Asia."

"We will not allow our country to be hijacked by extremists."

"The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice."