"The rule of law is the most important thing for our country."

"The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged."

"We have to be very careful that we don't start blaming people for what they are."

"I do not wish to be a 'mother figure' for the nation."

"I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable."