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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.

Benazir Bhutto

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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Issues Leader Mother
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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Done Mean Political
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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Enemy Fighting War
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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Calling Different Years
The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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Military Privilege Want
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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Diplomats Father Jobs
Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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Military Pakistan
I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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Men People Religion
All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
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Addresses Problem Satisfaction
[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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Lying President Ruth Telling
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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Children Father Grief
To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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Empowering Leader Women
The best revenge is democracy.
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Best Democracy Revenge
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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Competent Contests Election
The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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Beholder Eye Hijab
Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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Mean Needs Peace

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