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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

Benazir Bhutto

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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Calling Different Years
Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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Beginning Democracy Ends Freedom
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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Development Dream Life Pro
Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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Democracies Democracy Support
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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Issues Leader Mother
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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Dying People Thinking
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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Addresses Problem Satisfaction
The Orange Revolution in Ukraine is a good example of how people, who are robbed of their right to vote, can protest and put an end to dictatorship.
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Country Example Orange People Vote
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.
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Bhutto Guarantees Way
Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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People Return Support
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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Done Mean Political
The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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Government Opportunity People
Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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Political Religion Religious
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.
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Children Father Grief
Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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Agendas Aim Power
Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren’t our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?
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Enemy Fighting War

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