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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOFreedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.
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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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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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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 am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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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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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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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I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.
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