Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhen 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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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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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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[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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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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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All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held ‘elections.’ Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
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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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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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 the best revenge.
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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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