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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOIt 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn’t tell a lie and now they have one who can’t tell the truth.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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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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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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It’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
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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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I’ve never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal.
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