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Benazir Bhutto Biography

Benazir Bhutto (Sindhi: بينظير ڀُٽو‎; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the centre-left Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007.

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It would be so nice to have the luxury just to laze. So nice not to have to always get up and get dressed for some occasion. Always having to move from here to there, where everything is scheduled and even having lunch with my kids on their Easter break has to be slotted in. Maybe one day. . .

Day, Easter, Having, Moving, Nice, Occasion

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

Military, Policies, Privilege, Protects, System, Want

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.

Foundation, Justice, Justice For All, Liberty, Regimes

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.

Credibility, Giving, Needs, Wish

Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas. So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.

Dying, Musharraf, People, Proliferation, Thinking, Wrong

Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.

Asia, Government, Hardliners, Military, Promoting

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.

Asia, Believe, Democracies, History, Thinking, War

And also I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.

Believe, Shock, Behaving Badly, Beings, Brought, Core

I don't fear death. I remember my last meeting with my father when he told me, You know, tonight when I will be killed, my mother and my father will be waiting for me. It makes me weepy. . . but I don't think it can happen unless God wants it to happen because so many people have tried to kill me.

Father, Kill, Killed, Mother, Thinking, Told

Being in jail is difficult too because it's like being in a graveyard, you can't do much.

Difficult, Graveyard, Jail, Like

We learned at an early age that it was men's interpretation of our religion that restricted women's opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception.

Early, Islam, Men, Opportunity, Religion

Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.

Good, Military, Pakistan, Rule

It's quite difficult for me not to be able to return to my country, but in my country justice has been murdered.

Able, Country, Difficult, Justice, Murdered

In distinguishing between Islamic teachings and social taboos, we must remember that Islam forbids injustice; Injustice against people, against nations, against women. It shuns race, color, and gender as a basis of distinction amongst fellowmen. It enshrines piety as the sole criteria for judging humankind.

Color, Islamic, Judging, Nations, Social Taboos, Teaching

Clearly it's not easy for women in modern society, no matter where they live. We still have to go the extra mile to prove that we are equal to men. we have to work longer hours and make more sacrifices. And we must emotionally protect ourselves from unfair, often vicious attacks made on us via the male members of our family.

Easy, Male, Males, Men, Mile, Sacrifice

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

Democracies, Democracies Have, Democracy, Needs, Support

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

Address, Addresses, Disputes, Problem, Quickly, Satisfaction

As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate. . . as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother.

Dimension, Entered, Issues, Kind, Leader, Mother

A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

Against, Inspired, Opportunity, People, Rights

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.

Aid, Cutting, Economic, Military, Powerful, Reassert

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