I do think that all politicians today have to be more attentive to people wanting to be heard, wanting to have more control over their lives.

The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.

What matters is how well we have loved, and what small part we have played in making the lives around us better.

In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at a Catholic school. In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell my mother that I made faces during Koranic studies.

I think that it's important for judges to understand that if a woman is out there trying to raise a family, trying to support her family, and is being treated unfairly, then the court has to stand up, if nobody else will. And that's the kind of judge that I want.

Nobody's changing what you've got. You get to keep it.

If condoms and potentially microbicides can prevent millions of deaths [from AIDS], they should be made more widely available. I know that there are those who, out of sincere religious conviction, oppose such measures. And with these folks, I must respectfully but unequivocally disagree.