General 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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMy 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.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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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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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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I 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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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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Being in jail is difficult too because it’s like being in a graveyard, you can’t do much.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
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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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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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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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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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Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas.
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The best revenge is democracy.
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