The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
BENAZIR BHUTTOGeneral Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women’s issues, in bringing down the population growth rate… as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension – that of a mother.
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So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
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Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
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I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be a haven, the very petri dish of international terrorism.
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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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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.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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The best revenge is democracy.
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[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn’t tell a lie and now they have one who can’t tell the truth.
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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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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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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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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 people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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