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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOAll our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.
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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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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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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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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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 needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value – democracy.
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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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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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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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