The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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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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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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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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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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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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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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We learned at an early age that it was men’s interpretation of our religion that restricted women’s opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception.
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