It's never easy dealing with terrorists, but it must be done through a mixture of political, economic and administrative means.

Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.

The best revenge is democracy.

When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice for all.

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.

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

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.