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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

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

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

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.

Socialism is… not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.

If we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous, we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

The President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

I have had lobbyists, and I have had some very good ones. They could do anything.