Democracy Needs Support And The Best Support

Bhutto Represents Everything The Fundamentalists Hate - A Powerful, Highly-educated Woman Operating In A Man's World, Seemingly Unafraid To Voice Her Independent Views And, Indeed, Seemingly Unafraid Of Anything, Including The Very Real Possibility That One Day Someone Might Succeed In Killing Her Because Of Who She Is.

I Found That A Whole Series Of People Opposed Me Simply On The Grounds That I Was A Woman. The Clerics Took To The Mosque Saying That Pakistan Had Thrown Itself Outside The Muslim World And The Muslim Umar By Voting For A Woman, That A Woman Had Usurped A Man's Place In The Islamic Society.

Ultimately, Leadership Is About The Strength Of One's Convictions, The Ability To Endure The Punches, And The Energy To Promote An Idea. And I Have Found That Those Who Do Achieve Peace Never Acquiesce To Obstacles, Especially Those Constructed Of Bigotry, Intolerance, And Inflexible Tradition.

Like All Children I Had Taken My Father For Granted. Now That I Had Lost Him, I Felt An Emptiness That Could Never Be Filled. But I Did Not Let Myself Cry, Believing As A Muslim That Tears Pull A Spirit Earthward And Won't Let It Be Free.

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.