I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe best revenge is democracy.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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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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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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Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn’t tell a lie and now they have one who can’t tell the truth.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.
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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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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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