In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI believe that democracies do not go to war; that’s the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community’s best guarantee of stability in Asia.
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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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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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It’s never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.
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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 was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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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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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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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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[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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