I dream …of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
BENAZIR BHUTTOI dream …of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto’s death, her son’s brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, “My mother always said, ‘ Democracy is the best revenge.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe best revenge is democracy.
BENAZIR BHUTTO[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn’t tell a lie and now they have one who can’t tell the truth.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe 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 am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
BENAZIR BHUTTOLike 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOA people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
BENAZIR BHUTTOOur 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOYou 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe 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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