Democracy is the best revenge.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhen 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 am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism – certainly not politics.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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I’ve never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal.
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We learned at an early age that it was men’s interpretation of our religion that restricted women’s opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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I believe that democracies do not go to war; that’s the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community’s best guarantee of stability in Asia.
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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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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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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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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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