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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.

Benazir Bhutto

I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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Country October Return
The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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Men Party Political
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
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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Country Fighting Justice
What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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Important Party Political
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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Enemy Men Unity
Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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Democracies Democracy Peace Terrorism
Democracy is the best revenge.
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Democracy Freedom Revenge
Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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Departure Misery Voice
Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It’s not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman’s ability to make everyone…feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness.
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Grace Home Nice
Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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Democracies Democracy Support
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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Giving People Taken
The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated… Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.
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Courage Democracy Fighting
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
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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Dying People Thinking
Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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Country Heart Lying People
I believe that democracies do not go to war; that’s the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community’s best guarantee of stability in Asia.
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Believe Thinking War
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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Dangles Good People Poverty Time Tribal World
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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Democracy Government People
Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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Difficult Graveyard Jail
In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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Book Jail Way
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
The Orange Revolution in Ukraine is a good example of how people, who are robbed of their right to vote, can protest and put an end to dictatorship.
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Country Example Orange People Vote
Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
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Birth Culture Gun Law Military
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
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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Country Democracy Freedom Of Speech
The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
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Book Long Pakistan

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