Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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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.
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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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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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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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
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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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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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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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