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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.

Benazir Bhutto

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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Political Religion Religious
I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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Home Return Want
My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism – certainly not politics.
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Diplomats Father Jobs
The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.
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Enemy Men Unity
In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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Book Jail Way
Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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Country Heart Lying People
It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
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Giving People Taken
The U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.
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Bhutto Guarantees Way
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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Able Country Justice
The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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Government Opportunity People
I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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Country October Return
Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
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Democracy Government People
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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Islam Men Opportunity
The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
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Book Long Pakistan
Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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People Return Support
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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Giving Matter Self

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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