I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
BENAZIR BHUTTOAll our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
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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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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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[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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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 next few months are critical to Pakistan’s future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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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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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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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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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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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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