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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI 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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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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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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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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Pakistan 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.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held ‘elections.’ Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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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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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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 U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.
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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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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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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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I dream …of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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It’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
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Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto’s death, her son’s brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, “My mother always said, ‘ Democracy is the best revenge.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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