In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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The best revenge is democracy.
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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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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation – namely, life, liberty and justice for all.
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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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While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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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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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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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The next few months are critical to Pakistan’s future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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