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.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThrough democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
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Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions.
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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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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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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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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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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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Democracy is the best revenge.
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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 next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.
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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn’t tell a lie and now they have one who can’t tell the truth.
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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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Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.
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