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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn’t tell a lie and now they have one who can’t tell the truth.
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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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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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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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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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Military 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.
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