"I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion."

"I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test."

"I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics."

"I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion."

"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."

"Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face."

"Heroes can be sweet."

"We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century."

"Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?"

"I am a danger to myself if I get angry."

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

"Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare."

"The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period."

"Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America."

"Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon."

"Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion."

"I defend Israel's right to exist, to defend themselves, to not let themselves be exterminated a second time."

"How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!"

"When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste."

"I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant."

"I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism."

"War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation."

"Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is."

"Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?"

"I don't want to hear about my death."