Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
BENAZIR BHUTTOBeing in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
BENAZIR BHUTTOIt’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhile 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI’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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMy 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 BHUTTOPolitical dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOPakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
BENAZIR BHUTTOTo make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOPurusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
BENAZIR BHUTTOAll our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto’s death, her son’s brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, “My mother always said, ‘ Democracy is the best revenge.
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