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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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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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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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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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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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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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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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The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality than any development in the history of the world, including the industrial revolution.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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I believe that democracies do not go to war; that’s the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community’s best guarantee of stability in Asia.
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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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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