Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
BENAZIR BHUTTOGiven the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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 best revenge is democracy.
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Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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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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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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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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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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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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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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It’s not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman’s ability to make everyone…feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness.
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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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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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