Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives.

I will be a president in a skirt, but I will wear the pants.

We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.

I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history.

One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender.

In terms of justice, the most important thing is not to be part of organized crime.

I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest.