"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. Dictatorships such as Musharraf's suppress individual rights and freedoms and empower the most extreme elements of society. Oppressed citizens, unable to represent themselves through other means, often turn to extremism and religious fundamentalism."
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Benazir Bhutto,
A False Choice for Pakistan
"Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy." -
Jean de la Bruyere, French moralist (1645 - 1696)
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
Bertrand Russell