“What do you want, that I should start crying, ‘Oh, crisis, we have a crisis!’ Do you want that?”
When a journalist asked whether she believed the election had thrust the country deeper into political instability. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/world/asia/matriarchs-duel-for-power-threatens-to-tilt-bangladesh-off-balance.html (January 15, 2014)
In an interview with Anup Kaphle for the 's economical growth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/an-interview-with-bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina/2011/10/10/gIQAXAQRcL_story.html?utm_term=.15835fc2548d <br class="br">Context: Since my last tenure we have been trying to find the root causes of poverty and how we could reduce it. We wanted to ensure food security so we put all our force into producing more food and also the distribution system so that food should first reach to the poorest of the poor. Then we tried to create job opportunities for them in the rural areas.
“We want to come out of the vicious circle of unhealthy politics.”
In a televised speech to the nation on the first anniversary of the parliamentary elections. http://www.dw.com/en/opposition-leader-destabilizing-the-country-bangladesh-pm/a-18171581 (January 05, 2015)
Sheikh giving tough warning in her introductory speech at the second Secretary Committee meeting against corruption. http://www.thedailystar.net/country/prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-warns-government-officials-against-corruption-1427209