Pakistan’s first and only female Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was born into a political dynasty on June 21, 1953. Throughout her tumultuous career—which was cut short by her untimely death in 2007—she proved that women could be powerful leaders in a male-dominated society. This quotes compilation tells her inspiring story.
Here are the most interesting Peace, Power, Dictatorship, Democracy quotes from Benazir Bhutto, and much more.
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The best revenge is democracy. — Benazir Bhutto
Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. — Benazir Bhutto
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
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. — Benazir Bhutto
Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government. — Benazir Bhutto
Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power. — Benazir Bhutto
Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power. — Benazir Bhutto
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
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
To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise. — Benazir Bhutto
Purusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions. — Benazir Bhutto
Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism. — Benazir Bhutto
Military hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad–based government in Afghanistan. — Benazir Bhutto
The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress. — Benazir Bhutto
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
Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. — Benazir Bhutto
Dictatorships by their nature are unrepresentative as they neglect the social needs of the people. — Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history.
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The Orange Revolution in Ukraine is a good example of how people, who are robbed of their right to vote, can protest and put an end to dictatorship. — Benazir Bhutto
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
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
The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit. — Benazir Bhutto
