The U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.
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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I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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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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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas.
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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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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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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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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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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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