My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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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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When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation – namely, life, liberty and justice for all.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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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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Democracy is the best revenge.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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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.
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Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
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The U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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