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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOGiven the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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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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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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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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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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The best revenge is democracy.
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Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto’s death, her son’s brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, “My mother always said, ‘ Democracy is the best revenge.
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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 government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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