Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It’s not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman’s ability to make everyone…feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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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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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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The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality than any development in the history of the world, including the industrial revolution.
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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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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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I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.
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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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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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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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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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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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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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[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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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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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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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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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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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