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 BHUTTOI am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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I’ve never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal.
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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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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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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