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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.
- Necessary
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
- Contest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
- One-Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a very shy girl who led an insulated life; it was only when I came to Oxford, and to Harvard before that, that suddenly I saw the power of people. I didn't know such a power existed, I saw people criticising their own president; you couldn't do that in Pakistan - you'd be thrown in prison.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Economic Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pakistan's future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020