I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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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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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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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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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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
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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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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
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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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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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