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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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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 am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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The best revenge is democracy.
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All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.
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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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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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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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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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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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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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