"I don't mind being a woman, but I do mind being a woman in the Middle East."

"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."

"We have concluded a peace treaty with Egypt. We have not concluded a peace treaty with the Arab world. And there is a difference."

"I am not interested in being a symbol. I am interested in doing my job."

"If I am told to sit down, I sit down. If I am told to stand up, I stand up. I have no choice."