Famous quotes by Leaders

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"

"Victory belongs to the most persevering"

"The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs,
which are brief and pithy"

"Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism"

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ"

"There are always two forces warring against each other within us"

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do"

"The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges"

"I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan"

"The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack"

"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"

"I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal"

"General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me"

"The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress"

"I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections"

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

"The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes"

"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"

"It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails"

"The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges"

"There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings"

"Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along"

"Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts"

"The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success"

"Truth is exact correspondence with reality"

"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you"

"A picture is worth a thousand words"

"Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow"

"All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers"