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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
Benazir Bhutto
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Benazir Bhutto
Age: 54 †
Born: 1953
Born: June 21
Died: 2007
Died: December 27
Former Prime Minister Of Pakistan
Politician
Heart of Pakistan
Benazir
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Daughter of the East
Bhutto
Pakistan
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I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career.
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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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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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I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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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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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
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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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The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
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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 am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
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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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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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Being in jail is difficult too because it's like being in a graveyard, you can't do much.
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Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.
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The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.
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To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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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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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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In a way, a jail is a place where you can rest, read books and live with yourself.
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