Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.
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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
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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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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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[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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The people who resent me do so because I'm a woman, I'm young, and I'm a Bhutto. Well, the simple answer is, it doesn't matter that I'm a woman, it doesn't matter that I'm young, and it's a matter of pride that I'm a Bhutto.
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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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A political war can be fought from anywhere.
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The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
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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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The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.
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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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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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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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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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
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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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I dream ...of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
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Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto's death, her son's brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, "My mother always said, ' Democracy is the best revenge.
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Ultimately, leadership is about the strength of one's convictions, the ability to endure the punches, and the energy to promote an idea. And I have found that those who do achieve peace never acquiesce to obstacles, especially those constructed of bigotry, intolerance, and inflexible tradition.
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I know death comes. I've seen too much death, young death.
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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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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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I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.
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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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I found that a whole series of people opposed me simply on the grounds that I was a woman. The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man's place in the Islamic society.
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Benazir Bhutto
- Born: June 21, 1953
- Died: December 27, 2007
- Occupation: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
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