"For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected."

"You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover."

"My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot."

"My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation."

"So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas."

"It is a unyielding truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners."