Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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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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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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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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 government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held ‘elections.’ Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
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The U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.
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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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