What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
BENAZIR BHUTTOTo make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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[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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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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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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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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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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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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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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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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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
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