On her commitment to the cause of international justice:

“This is a big inconvenience for me. I didn’t really want to be here. I was made to be here. Obviously, I want to get this over with and get on with my life.”

“They were very, small, dirty looking stones. They were kind of dirty looking pebbles. They were dirty. I don’t know, when I’m used to seeing diamonds, I am used to seeing diamonds shiny and in a box.”

“It is not abnormal for me to get gifts. I get gifts all the time, sometimes in the middle of the night.”

On giving them to Nelson Mandela’s charity:

“I said take them, do something with them, make the children better, I don’t want to keep them ...”

On Charles Taylor and Liberia:

“I had never heard of Charles Taylor before. I had never heard of the country Liberia before. I had never the term blood diamonds before.”

On her refusal to give evidence:

“This is someone who, I read on the internet, has killed 1000s of people. I don’t want my family endangered in anyway.”