General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
BENAZIR BHUTTOPolitical dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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.
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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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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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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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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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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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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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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We learned at an early age that it was men’s interpretation of our religion that restricted women’s opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception.
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