As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate... as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother.

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

While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.

It's never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.

A political war can be fought from anywhere.

Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.