Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

The best revenge is democracy.

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

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.

Dictatorships by their nature are unrepresentative as they neglect the social needs of the people.

I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.