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.
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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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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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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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.
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The 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.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality than any development in the history of the world, including the industrial revolution.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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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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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[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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While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
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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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