Even though there were three newspapers in Chicago at the time, he said 'you wouldn't want to compete with your husband," and so instead of doing what I might do now in that situation, I basically saluted and found other things to do.

One of my trips was to meet with the Gulf Cooperation Council with all the Saudi foreign ministers, and when we started the meeting I said 'Perhaps you've noticed that I'm not dressed the same as my predecessors", but no-one had a problem and I was never treated with anything other than respect...So I did not have problems with that, interestingly enough.

There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess.

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.

A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains.