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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOSo 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOPakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
BENAZIR BHUTTOEvery dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
BENAZIR BHUTTOBeing 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe best revenge is democracy.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
BENAZIR BHUTTOIn a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
BENAZIR BHUTTOFreedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
BENAZIR BHUTTOIt’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
BENAZIR BHUTTOAll our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMilitary hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
BENAZIR BHUTTOBeing in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI’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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