Nusrat Bhutto Quotes

I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan, ~ Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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. ~ 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

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

Freedom and liberty, the essays we wrote on them, papers for our tutors, for grades, but did we know the value of those words which we bandied about, of how precious they are, as precious as the air we breathe, the water we drink. ~ Benazir Bhutto

If the people wanted my head I would bow without demur. If I had lost the confidence or respect of the people I would not want to live. The tragedy of the drama is that the very opposite is true. ~ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated ... Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it. ~ Benazir Bhutto

No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to. ~ Benazir Bhutto

It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned. ~ Benazir Bhutto

I note that [Benazir] Bhutto demonstrates her own deep commitment to democracy by giving herself the title chairperson for life of the Pakistan Peoples Party. ~ Ann Coulter

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 ... ~ Benazir Bhutto

You will have to pay for your choices much more than you realize. ~ Fatima Bhutto

Shahidullah Shahid said there is nothing Islamic in Pakistan's constitution. He clearly can't read. The truth is there is nothing Islamic in the TTP. ~ Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism. ~ Benazir Bhutto

There are two things. There was the moral responsibility, and that, first, is creating an atmosphere where the security forces can kill with impunity, where they can turn up at a place, shoot seven people - really at point-blank fashions - and then get away with it and be, in fact, promoted. And then there is the actual responsibility, the governmental responsibility. My aunt's government forbade us, initially, from filing a police report - which is every Pakistani citizen's right under the law. ~ Fatima Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman. ~ Malala Yousafzai

Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most non-allied. ~ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

These three elements are called Qawwali, and they've got to be there. ~ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer. ~ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistan is, I always feel, hopeful. You know, our system of government is not, and the system of foreign policy whereby we do whatever is asked of us as long as the price is right only proves to fundamentalist outfits and to militant groups that when we talk of things like democracy, when we talk of things like foreign policy, what we're really talking about is being pro-American. ~ Fatima Bhutto

I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security in Pakistan. ~ Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

I had been born into a sort of democracy in which for ten years Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif kept replacing each other, none of their governments ever completing a term and always accusing each other of corruption. ~ Malala Yousafzai

I think it's perfectly possible for us to stay outside of power politics, or parliamentary politics, and speak about things like the American hegemony in the region or speak about the unjust war on terror that's been brought to our borders. ~ Fatima Bhutto

Don't cry," Samarra whispered, "Nothing ever happens to the brave. ~ Fatima Bhutto

He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too ~ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure. ~ Benazir Bhutto

Bhutto was the only celebrity I had ever stood behind a rope line to see. Chelsea and I were strolling around London during a holiday trip in the summer of 1989. ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton

But show me just this one thing, my darling, i seek a heart stained like a poppy flower. ~ Fatima Bhutto

In any conflict area, it is always the women who are the first point of attack. But I think the more they have seen of oppression and violence, they have gotten more brave, more strong, more fearless than they were. You see this refusal to just keep quiet and do as you are told. ~ Fatima Bhutto

I do listen to other music though, and try to pick up what is good. ~ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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. ~ Benazir Bhutto