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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 Bhutto

It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Giving People Taken
I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Home Return Want
It’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Able Country Justice
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Mother Revenge Son
To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Empowering Leader Women
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Children Father Grief
The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Book Long Pakistan
It’s never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Done Mean Political
Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Democracy Government People
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Freedom Fundamneatl Giving Needs Wish
No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Ministers Prime Want
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Country Dictatorship Military Yoke
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Foundation Justice All Liberty
Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Difficult Graveyard Jail
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Country Fighting Justice
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Courage Democracy Fighting

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.

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