Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
BENAZIR BHUTTOA political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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.
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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 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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The Orange Revolution in Ukraine is a good example of how people, who are robbed of their right to vote, can protest and put an end to dictatorship.
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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated… Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.
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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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When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation – namely, life, liberty and justice for all.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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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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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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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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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 military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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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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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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The best revenge is democracy.
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Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value – democracy.
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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 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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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.
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It’s quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.
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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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