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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOIt’s never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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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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The best revenge is democracy.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Our 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.
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Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
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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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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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