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.
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy is the best revenge.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas.
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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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The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.
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The best revenge is democracy.
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It’s never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.
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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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