I've always discovered things for myself, in marvelous freedom.

They're the problems of poverty, of the rights of the individual, of the changes brought about by technology. They're the ones that count, more than religion!

We must protect families, we must protect children, who have inalienable rights and should be loved, should be taken care of physically and mentally, and should not be brought into the world only to suffer.

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

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.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice - I savored every minute of those years.