Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

I reserve my constitutional rights as the president of Iraq, ... I don't recognize the body that has designated and authorized you, nor the aggression. All that has been built on falsehood is false.

a new era of human rights in Iraq will now begin.

Loads of my friends are lesbians, and it really annoys me that gay people aren't allowed to get married in most parts of America. I'd go on a march for gay rights any time.

Now a very important moment has come for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to go there (Iraq),