Like all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could never be filled. But I did not let myself cry, believing as a Muslim that tears pull a spirit earthward and won’t let it be free.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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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.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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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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Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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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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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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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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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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