Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren’t our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?
BENAZIR BHUTTOBeing nice should never be perceived as being weak. It’s not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman’s ability to make everyone…feel at home, and it should never be construed as weakness.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
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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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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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Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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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 military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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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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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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