Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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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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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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The 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.
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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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