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Whatever my aims and agendas ...

Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

Democracy is the best revenge...

Democracy is the best revenge.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

The Internet is the great equ...

The Internet is the great equalizer.The technology which emanated from the Silicon Valley of California has more potential to ameliorate social inequality than any development in the history of the world, including the industrial revolution.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

The forces of moderation and ...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

Democracy needs support and t...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

The best hijab is in the eyes...

The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

I'm not into smoke-filled roo...

I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

The next few months are criti...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

Military dictatorship is born...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

I found that a whole series o...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

While living in America when ...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

My father was the Prime Minis...

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 Bhutto 97 quotes

I've never had a bank account...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

I believe that democracies do...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

In 1988, when democracy was r...

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.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

I seek to lead a democratic P...

I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be a haven, the very petri dish of international terrorism.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

Pakistan is heir to an intell...

Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

I am constitutionally compete...

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

When the United States aligns...

When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice for all.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

Extremism can flourish only i...

Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

Benazir Bhutto 97 quotes

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