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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOSo he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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The U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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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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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism – certainly not politics.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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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