I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
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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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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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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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 am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated… Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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