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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
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The next few months are critical to Pakistan’s future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.
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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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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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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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Like all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could never be filled. But I did not let myself cry, believing as a Muslim that tears pull a spirit earthward and won’t let it be free.
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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 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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Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren’t our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?
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The best revenge is democracy.
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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
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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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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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