Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMilitary hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
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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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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I’ve never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal.
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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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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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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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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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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 through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held ‘elections.’ Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
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The best revenge is democracy.
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