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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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The Orange Revolution in Ukraine is a good example of how people, who are robbed of their right to vote, can protest and put an end to dictatorship.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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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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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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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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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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The best revenge is democracy.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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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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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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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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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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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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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America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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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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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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The next few months are critical to Pakistan’s future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.
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