"I've always put myself intensely into my work."
"We have a circle of corruption and impunity that is too strong."
"One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender."
"I am a woman, I am a housewife, I am a government official, I've been twice a government secretary, I've been leader of a parliamentary group, I am an economist."
"We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party."
"I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.'"
"I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history."
"Today I'm committed to take care of your families like I've taken care of mine. I want to make Mexico the best country to live in."
"Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives."
"I will be a president in a skirt, but I will wear the pants."
"I do not want to be president because I am a woman. Being a woman is important, but it's not the most important. I want to be president because we have the talent and the platform and the vision of a Mexico that we want for all Mexicans, not only for a select few."
"In terms of justice, the most important thing is not to be part of organized crime."
"There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics."
"I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I'm a different candidate... different because I don't belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I'm honest."
"Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn't exist here in past years."
