As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women’s issues, in bringing down the population growth rate… as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension – that of a mother.
BENAZIR BHUTTORight now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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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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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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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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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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I dream …of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
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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 political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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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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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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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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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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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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