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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOGiven the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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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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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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The best revenge is democracy.
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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
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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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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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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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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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