The fact that a woman is attached to her professional life should not prevent her from being a mother.

The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely.

We have extradited terrorists to the United States in the past. And we expect the same thing to be done by the United States.

I'm calling on the United States: what kind of strategic partners are we, that you can still host someone whose extradition I have asked for?

It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next.

Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In terms of the general complacency, what we heard over and over from investors and clients and potential clients is, 'yes, yes, there are some excesses, but the government will figure out a way.'

The only way that we can win over potential jihadists to liberal democracy is by winning the battle of ideas.

Pop culture shapes our ideas of what is normal and what our dreams can be and what our roles are. Politics, of course, decides how the power and the money in the country is distributed. Both are equally important, and each affects the other.