How is it possible for people in the modern world to go on killing each other for religion? The problems we should be concerned with nowadays are quite different!

in today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.

By now even the word socialism has so many meanings and interpretations. The Russians call themselves socialists, the Swedes call themselves. And let's not forget that in Germany there was also a national socialism.

We were to equally strong types [with my husband], equally pigheaded - neither of us wanted to give in. And...I like to think those quarrels made us better, that they enlivened our life, because without them we would have had a normal life, yes, but banal and boring.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.