Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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It’s never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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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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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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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren’t our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?
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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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All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
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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 next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.
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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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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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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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