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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOLike all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could never be filled. But I did not let myself cry, believing as a Muslim that tears pull a spirit earthward and won’t let it be free.
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[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn’t tell a lie and now they have one who can’t tell the truth.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren’t our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?
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Like all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could never be filled. But I did not let myself cry, believing as a Muslim that tears pull a spirit earthward and won’t let it be free.
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Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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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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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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