A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
BENAZIR BHUTTOAll 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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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.
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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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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
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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.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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 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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