I went back into politics only when it was clear that things weren't going as they should have in my party. I was always arguing, I argued with everyone - with my father, with the leaders I had known since I was a child...and one day, it was in 1955, one of them exclaimed, 'You do nothing but criticize! If you think you can correct things, correct them. Go ahead, why don't you try?' Well, I could never resist a challenge, so I tried.

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women's movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.

I don't know how to put on an act; I always show myself for what I am, in whatever mood I'm in.

Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.

Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.