My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism – certainly not politics.
BENAZIR BHUTTOPakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation – namely, life, liberty and justice for all.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women’s issues, in bringing down the population growth rate… as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension – that of a mother.
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It’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be a haven, the very petri dish of international terrorism.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
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Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value – democracy.
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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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We learned at an early age that it was men’s interpretation of our religion that restricted women’s opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held ‘elections.’ Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
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