I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

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.

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we cannot do it all at once, we need to prioritize.

I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.

Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships.

I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

There are a great many opinions in this world and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.

If the envious, the defamers and the backbiters were taken out of the average church, there would be revival overnight.

People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that's an image I really didn't need.

Every need got an ego to feed.

When you're true to your heart, you're infusing your self with meaning.

Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.

Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.

I’ll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.

Surprise will be my last emotion, not fear.

The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first.