Quotes by Benazir Bhutto

• The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
• Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
• 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.
• 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.
• The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.
• The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
• Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
• 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.
• I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
• I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.
• The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
• Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.
• 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.
• Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.