In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMy goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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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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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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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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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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Democracy is the best revenge.
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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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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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[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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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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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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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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I believe that democracies do not go to war; that’s the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community’s best guarantee of stability in Asia.
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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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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. 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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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