Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most non-allied. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto More Quotes by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto More Quotes From Zulfikar Ali Bhutto We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice! Zulfikar Ali Bhutto not-giving-up persistence perseverance If things do not change, there will be nothing left to change. Either power must pass to the people or everything will perish. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto left ifs people If the people wanted my head I would bow without demur. If I had lost the confidence or respect of the people I would not want to live. The tragedy of the drama is that the very opposite is true. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto opposites drama people A dreaded society is not a civilized society. The most progressive and powerful society in the civilized sense, is a society which has recognized its ethos, and come to terms with the past and the present, with religion and science. With modernism and mysticism, with materialism and spirituality; a society free of tension, a society rich in culture. Such a society cannot come with hocus-pocus formulas and with fraud. It has to flow from the depth of a divine search. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ethos powerful past I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto our-society historical facts I'm not trying to minimize things; I'm trying to bring them back to reality. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto back-to-reality trying reality Lets build a monument for the veto. Lets build a monument for impotence and incapacity. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto veto monument incapacity I tried to explain that there was a great difference between me and Mujib [Rahiman]: he was a secessionist and I wasn't. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto differences Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi can rightly boast of having won a war, but if she won it, she should first of all thank Yahya Khan and his gang of illiterate psychopaths. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gang war firsts A regime which puts in a bunker the highest law in the land does not have the moral authority to say that nobody is above the law. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto land law doe For instance, in the name of unity. You can't build without destroying. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto destroying unity names There's only one man really responsible for those events - Yahya Khan. Both he and his advisers were so drunk with power and corruption they'd even forgotten the honor of the army. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto drunk army men Every government, every country, has the right to exercise force when necessary. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto government exercise country In March [1972] the unity of Pakistan depended on the suppression of the secessionists. But to carry it out with such brutality on the people instead of on those responsible wasn't necessary. That's not the way to convince poor people who've been told that with the Six Points there'll be no more hurricanes, no more floods, no more hunger. I spoke out against such methods more emphatically than anyone else, and when no one dared do so. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto unity people way To conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto march surprise tragedy The same goes for the refugees. Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi says ten million. It's obvious she started with that figure in order to legalize her offensive and invade East Pakistan. But when we invited the United Nations to check, the Indians were opposed. Why were they opposed? If the figure were exact, they shouldn't have been afraid of its being verified. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto pakistan east order The sanction of force stands behind the medley of personal orders and regulations of Martial Law. The sanction of the people's consent stands behind the hierarchy of laws. In one situation, the population is regimented into acquiescence. In the other, the population voluntarily establishes a contract with Parliament. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto government law order I don't say it in the Indian fashion that is hypocritically. I say it sincerely because, instead of hatred, I feel great compassion for Mujib Rahiman. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto fashion hatred compassion In April [1972], after that fine business in Dacca, Yahya Khan sent for me. He looked satisfied, sure of himself, by now convinced he had the situation in hand. He offered me a drink. "Well, you politicians are really finished," he said. Then he said that not only Mujib but I too was considered an agitator, I too was preaching against the unity of Pakistan. "I'm always under pressure to arrest you, Bhutto" I got so angry I lost all control. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto bhutto unity hands [Yahya Khan ] had given me an appointment for the following day. And, days later, General Mohd Umar revealed to me that he'd resorted to this stratagem so that I'd stay in Dacca and "see the efficiency of the army." I give you my word of honor that all this is true. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto army honor giving
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