Purusing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.

Dictatorships by their nature are unrepresentative as they neglect the social needs of the people.

Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.

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

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.