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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhat is not recorded is not remembered.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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[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.
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I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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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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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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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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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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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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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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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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Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren’t our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?
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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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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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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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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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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.
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Democracy 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.
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