In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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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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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 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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.
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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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I’ve never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal.
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I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.
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