The best revenge is democracy.

I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.

Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.

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 umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man's place in the Islamic society.

General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.

America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.

Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.