Like all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could never be filled. But I did not let myself cry, believing as a Muslim that tears pull a spirit earthward and won’t let it be free.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhat is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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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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Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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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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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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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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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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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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Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.
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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 government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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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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