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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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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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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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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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I dream …of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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 Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
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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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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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