"I am just a politician. I am not quite like Margaret Thatcher, no. But on the other hand, I am no Mother Teresa either. I have never said that I was."

"the 'UN is so one-sided, they are not helping the situation'."

"The path to democracy is not always smooth."

"I'm not a very good storyteller. But I have many stories to tell."

"In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued."