My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism – certainly not politics.
BENAZIR BHUTTOLike 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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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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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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.
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