Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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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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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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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
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So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be a haven, the very petri dish of international terrorism.
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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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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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The 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.
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