I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will ever know yourself.

I want to walk into a room, be it a hospital for the dying or a hospital for the sick children, and feel that I am needed. I want to do, not just to be.

So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.