"I have often heard the argument that a Muslim country, as such, cannot have a working democracy. But I stand before you, a Muslim woman, the elected prime minister of 100 million Muslims, and a living…"

"It is of little surprise that the violent groups inducted both Osama bin Laden and Ramzi Yusuf to eliminate the PPP leadership through money and bullets."

"It's hard to be impartial to the man [Musharraf] who exiled me and threw my husband in prison."

"I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly."

"However, if the U.S. government feels that Iraq is a threat to the American people, he must be disarmed. Dictatorships must be replaced with democracies."