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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMilitary 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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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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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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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value – democracy.
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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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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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