"I am not afraid of death. I am only afraid of failure."

"You cannot be fuelled by bitterness. It can eat you up but it cannot drive you."

"My daughter will become prime minister."

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

"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…"