It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.

I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.

I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.

All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

Always ask the questions you want to, life is too short to know if you'll get a second chance to ask, and afterlife is probably too long to wonder what the answer may be.

It's what the loss uncovers in you that brings on despair, not the loss itself.

Don't waste your life by living in another person's shoes

I had a hard time in middle school. I was never really quite me until I was 16 or 17, and things like bullying didn't matter anymore.

Sometimes the music people put you into these big, rush things.

I'm a double bagger. Not only does my husband put a bag over my face when we're making love, but he also puts a bag over his head in case mine falls off.

Florida, just because you're shaped like some combination of a gun and a d*ck doesn't mean you have to act that way.

I am me, whatever that means. I am conscious.

A pious fraud. [Lat., Pia fraus.]

While "9 Songs" is sexually explicit in the basic sense, its directness is what's most fascinating, and ultimately most moving, about it.