Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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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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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The Orange Revolution in Ukraine is a good example of how people, who are robbed of their right to vote, can protest and put an end to dictatorship.
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Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
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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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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.
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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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Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
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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.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
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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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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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I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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I know death comes. I’ve seen too much death, young death.
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I’ve never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal.
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The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated… Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
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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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Being 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.
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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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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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