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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMilitary or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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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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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It’s not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman’s ability to make everyone…feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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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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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