Amal Clooney

“There was a break in the proceedings when Peter Greste was deported, and that was considered sufficient then to allow the executive to intervene.”

“A horseman's head is in Athens, and his body is in London: Poseidon's torso is separated between Greece and the U.K. This means that they cannot be celebrated and appreciated as a whole in the country they came from.”

“Democracy is dead in the Maldives.”

“There is lots of my work that takes place behind closed doors that is not ever seen.”

“My sister Tala has twins, and they're wonderful.”

“My name means 'hope' in Arabic, and I was born when there was a war in Lebanon.”

“Cross-cultural learning and studying abroad can be transformative.”

“Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic.”

“Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.”

“I believe in international justice. I believe it's important that you don't just turn the page without people being held to account.”

“As women, we may not be a minority, but there is a bond that we all share. It is not a bond of geography. Or religion. Or culture. It is a bond of shared experience - experiences that only women go through and struggles that only women face.”

“If you don't have a good case, and you don't have a good message, then shining a light on it is not going to get you very far.”

“No government intent on persecuting its critics will want to leave the outcome of a trial to chance.”

“If you're a woman lying on the beach in the Maldives, you might want to know that a kilometer away, another woman is being flogged. And you might want to find your own way to protest that.”

“I hate the idea that you somehow, as a human being, have to be put in a box. There's no reason why lawyers can't be fun - or actresses can't be serious.”

“If you are a lawyer, and you want to take on easier cases, you can prosecute traffic violations or something. You'd have a very high rate of success, and you probably could sleep more easily at night. But that's not what drives me.”

“I want to work on cases that I feel the most passionate about.”

“I wanted to do well academically. But it was equally important to do things in an effortless manner.”

“WikiLeaks' disclosures should be protected under the First Amendment.”

“I think the international community should be ashamed that they haven't done more for the Yazidis.”