Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Quotes

Recourse to thick narrative detail reveals that the principal hurdle in the way of a united Pakistan was not disagreement on constitutional matters but the transfer of power from military to civilian hands. More concerned with perpetuating himself in office, Yahya Khan was strikingly nonchalant about the six points. He left that to the West Pakistani politicians, in particular Bhutto, who, contrary to the impression in some quarters, was more of a fall guy for the military junta than a partner in crime. ~ Ayesha Jalal

The sanction of force stands behind the medley of personal orders and regulations of Martial Law. The sanction of the people's consent stands behind the hierarchy of laws. In one situation, the population is regimented into acquiescence. In the other, the population voluntarily establishes a contract with Parliament. For this reason, one is called a regime and the other, a government. Martial law rests on the sanction of force and not on the sanction of law. ~ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

If things do not change, there will be nothing left to change. Either power must pass to the people or everything will perish. ~ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems. ~ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

I am trying to stop being mystified. Important to concentrate on good hard facts. But which facts? One week before mu eighteenth birthday, on August 8th, did Pakistani troops in civilian clothing cross the cease-fire line in Kashmir and infiltrate the Indian sector, or did they not? In Delhi, Prime Minister Shastri announced "massive infiltration ... to subvert the state:; but here is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, with his riposte: "We categorically deny any involvement in the rising against tyranny by the indigenous people of Kashmir". ~ Salman Rushdie

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

Lets build a monument for the veto. Lets build a monument for impotence and incapacity. ~ Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

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

Even if some days I feel like I'm ready to fall apart, I am ultimately happier than I've ever been. My family gives me more joy than I thought possible, and my career fulfills me tremendously. All in all, I feel like am in the exact place I am supposed to be in, doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing. ~ Ali Landry

The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself. ~ Ali Ibn Abi Talib

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. ~ Ali Khamenei

Think about yourself.
You are here because...
Your dad met your mom.
Then your dad and mom conceived you.
So a particular egg in your mom
Joined a particular sperm from your dad
Which could only happen because not one of your direct ancestors, going all the way back to the beginning of life itself, died before passing on his or her genes...
So what are the chances of you happening?
Of you being here?

Author and blogger Dr. Ali Binazir did the calculations last spring and decided that the chances of anyone existing are one in 102,685,000. In other words, as this infographic figures it, you are totally improbable. ~ Robert Krulwich

He would not come again. This was good. No. This was bad. At least it was an end. ~ Monica Ali

People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than something to quickly look at. It takes a while for everything to unveil itself. ~ Ali Banisadr

Nishi's sister, who was sixteen years old, had gone for a "holiday" in Sylhet and returned six months later with a husband and a swelling belly. Nishi, strong on forward-planning skills, was taking evasive action: she was going on a holiday of her own and she would return when she was twenty-five. At that ancient age the danger of marriage was over. ~ Monica Ali

A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything. ~ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

What keeps me going is goals. ~ Muhammad Ali

I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence of a greater being I call God. ~ Mahershala Ali

I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim. ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali

You'll be pleased to hear, Christopher, that I am no longer a Muslim liberal but an atheist [ ... ] I find that it obviates the necessity for any cognitive dissonance. ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Work for a Better Life as if you live forever,
And work for Better End as if you die tomorrow ~ Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Hope is human natural right but they have to keep it. ~ Zaman Ali

My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed. As long as I am alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done. ~ Muhammad Ali

[Property] is a brilliant, chillingly revelatory piece of fiction, a work of craft, economy and such good merciless observation-one of those rare, crucial novels illuminating a history we think we know and understand so that after we've read it we'll never forget its truths. ~ Ali Smith

One of the terrifying things about my life is that it belongs to me. It has never been lived before, nor will it ever be again. Every second is a brand-new possession. ~ Ali Shaw

I fall in love. More figuratively speaking, I am walking along the road one day when out of nowhere I am struck by lightning. ~ Ali Smith

The word of God is the medicine of the heart. ~ Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Islam's biggest enemy is the Quran. If people learn what is in that book, Islam will be finished. ~ Ali Sina

I sometimes say the conflict in the work is the conflict of my own thoughts and anxieties. It's a civil war in my head. The top part [of my artwork] is you letting go and floating. You become part of the air and you've tapped into the heartbeat of the universe. I guess that's what people do when they meditate. ~ Ali Banisadr

The only means by which one could attain complete happiness is to avoid living in constant expectation of it. It's the expectation that causes our unhappiness and consequent bitterness about life ~ Mohammed Naseehu Ali

Best on the whole not to watch it at all : love is best felt : the acts of love are hard and disillusioning to view like this unless done by the greatest master picturemakers : otherwise the seeing of them being done and enjoyed by figurations of other people will always lock you outside them (unless your pleasure comes from taking solo pleasure or pleasure at one remove, in which case, yes, that's your pleasure). ~ Ali Smith

I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop. ~ Laila Ali

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

Our sages developed music from time immemorial to take shelter in one's true self. Real music is not for wealth, not for honors, or not even for the joys of the mind - it is a path for realization and salvation. ~ Ali Akbar Khan

Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it is inspiring. ~ Sady Ali Khan

Confronted with such flagrant acts of intolerance - such abuses of the freedom of speech - a free society must surely do more. For intolerance is the one thing a free society cannot afford to tolerate. ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali

It is not true that if we had true faith we would not be sad. Prophets (as), and righteous people experienced a great deal of sadness. The Quran is full of stories in which the central theme is sadness. Sadness is a reality of life. The Quran is not there to eliminate sadness, but to navigate it. Sadness is one of the tests of life, just as happiness, and anger are tests. ~ Nouman Ali Khan

Muhammad was a narcissist and Muslims, by having entered into his bubble universe have become narcissists by extension. More precisely, they are reverse narcissists. A commonly used term for reverse narcissist is co-dependent. ~ Ali Sina

When a country is invaded and attacked and people resist it's important to speak up and to say they have the right to resist and to defend their right to resist. ~ Tariq Ali

Truth is buried, deep inside of men, sweep away each day. ~ Dawud Wharnsby Ali

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack. ~ Ali Ibn Abi Talib

It is important to know the stories and histories of things, even if all we know is that we don't know. ~ Ali Smith

I got no quarrel with them Vietcong. ~ Muhammad Ali

The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement. At the same time, they want to continue to defend the rights of individuals. ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali