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 BHUTTOAs 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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The best revenge is democracy.
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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value – democracy.
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We learned at an early age that it was men’s interpretation of our religion that restricted women’s opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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It’s never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.
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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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All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held ‘elections.’ Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
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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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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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