I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.

When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this reasons I go on taking difficult paths, and between a paved road and a footpath that goes up the mountain, I choose the footpath. To the great irritation of my bodyguards.

People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched her, are wrong.

My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands in politics - to meet people, to know their games, their secrets.

That's always been my philosophy. - I've never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.