The best hijab is in the eyes of the beholder.
Benazir BhuttoRead
Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Extremism arises in societies that neglect their citizens' welfare, leading to desperation and dictatorship.
Benazir Bhutto highlights that the roots of religious extremism can often be traced back to conditions of despair and neglect from the government. When a political system fails to address the basic needs and responsibilities towards its citizens, it creates an environment ripe for extremism to thrive, as people become desperate for solutions and may turn to radical ideologies to fill the void left by ineffective governance.
Themes
ExtremismGovernmentWelfareDictatorshipDesperation
In practice
Example use cases
During a political rally to emphasize the importance of welfare policies.
More from Benazir Bhutto
All quotes →In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.
Benazir BhuttoRead
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.
Benazir BhuttoRead
America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
Benazir BhuttoRead
I believe that democracies do not go to war; that's the lesson of history, and I think that a democratic Pakistan is the world community's best guarantee of stability in Asia.
Benazir BhuttoRead
The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
Benazir BhuttoRead
Similar quotes
Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.
Barack ObamaRead
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Franklin D. RooseveltRead
So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.
Dwight D. EisenhowerRead
Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.
Jose SaramagoRead
A political convention is after all not a meeting of a corporation's board of directors; it is a fiesta, a carnival, a pig-rooting, horse-snorting, band-playing, voice-screaming medieval get-together of greed, practical lust, compromised idealism, career-advancement, meeting, feud, vendetta, conciliation, of rabble-rousers, fist fights (as it used to be), embraces, drunks (again as it used to be) and collective rivers of animal sweat.
Norman MailerRead
I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.
John F. KennedyRead