Benazir Bhutto

While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of…

— Benazir Bhutto

[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn't tell a lie and now they have one who can't tell…

— Benazir Bhutto

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

— Benazir Bhutto

I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be…

— Benazir Bhutto

Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.

— Benazir Bhutto

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

— Benazir Bhutto

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

— Benazir Bhutto

The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.

— Benazir Bhutto

Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.

— Benazir Bhutto

The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of…

— Benazir Bhutto

I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I…

— Benazir Bhutto

Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto's death, her son's brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported…

— Benazir Bhutto

Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship…

— Benazir Bhutto

Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?

— Benazir Bhutto

A political war can be fought from anywhere.

— Benazir Bhutto

Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of…

— Benazir Bhutto

The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a…

— Benazir Bhutto

All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.

— Benazir Bhutto

Bhutto represents everything the fundamentalists hate - a powerful, highly-educated woman operating in a man's world, seemingly unafraid to voice her independent…

— Benazir Bhutto

Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It's not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of courtesy, manners, grace,…

— Benazir Bhutto

What is not recorded is not remembered.

— Benazir Bhutto

Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed…

— Benazir Bhutto

In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the…

— Benazir Bhutto

What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.

— Benazir Bhutto

As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down…

— Benazir Bhutto