Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.
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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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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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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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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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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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Pakistan 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.
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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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It’s never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.
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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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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
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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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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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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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The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
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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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