Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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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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So 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.
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Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren’t our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?
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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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The best revenge is democracy.
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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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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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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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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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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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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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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