Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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The next few months are critical to Pakistan’s future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.
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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 still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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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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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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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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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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Democracy 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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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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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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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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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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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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The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality than any development in the history of the world, including the industrial revolution.
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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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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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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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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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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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