While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhile living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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It’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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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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I dream …of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
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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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