"This is unheard of ... Talking to Israel was taboo in Pakistan"
"I don't want to get bogged down in semantics causing problems"
"A man of vision"
"I still don't think like that. Because of Benazir, nobody else [in her party] was thinking about leadership. This position comes about only because of the vacuum that was created with her death."
"He was the only one who appealed for clemency for his life."
"Pakistan is at crossroads. We citizens are faced with a decisive choice this January 8th (2008) election day. We can turn our backs on the years of dictatorship, fundamentalism, and economic decline"
"Don't worry; I'm going to be safe, and God willing I'm going to be safe"
"Just before the attacks happened, I was very happy. The procession was one enormous party, the atmosphere was joyful, people were dancing in the street; it was magnificent. For me, that was the real Pakistan"
"I tell you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips"
"People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals"