“Despite the undoubted attachment of most of its people to some form of electoral politics, Pakistan remains a nation built around an army. Paradoxically, even the citizens who most talk of democracy often look to the army as potential savior – a kind of deus ex machina that, at crucial moments, can intervene to bring the nation out of an impasse. In just over half a century as a state, Pakistan has experienced four military coups – each initially welcomed by a majority of the people.”

—  Amir Taheri

"Citizen Musharraf" http://nypost.com/2007/11/29/citizen-musharraf/, New York Post (November 29, 2007).
New York Post

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Despite the undoubted attachment of most of its people to some form of electoral politics, Pakistan remains a nation bu…" by Amir Taheri?
Amir Taheri photo
Amir Taheri 85
Iranian journalist 1942

Related quotes

Bryan Lee O'Malley photo

“I need some kind of… like… last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!!”

Bryan Lee O'Malley (1979) Artist

Source: Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness

Muhammad Ali Jinnah photo
Yane Sandanski photo
P. Chidambaram photo

“It (Pakistan) is not a failed state, but it is threatening to become one. A great concern is weighing on our minds. In Pakistan, with regret, I would say we don't know who is in control there. Whether it is the army or the president or the government”

P. Chidambaram (1945) Indian politician

Pakistan threatening to become failed state - India http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-38383620090306, Reuters, 2009-03-6.

Bashar al-Assad photo
Danish Kaneria photo

“I did not say that I wanted to stay over here. I still want to play for Pakistan and my state side there – my priority is with Pakistan for as long as they need me in Test cricket. In fact I am always there for them in any form of the game – Pakistan has given me the name to be playing cricket in England. If ever Pakistan didn’t select me for three to four years in a row in any form of cricket then, and only then, would I think about coming over here.”

Danish Kaneria (1980) Pakistani cricketer

Kaneria pledging his loyalty to Pakistan while rejecting a claim from an English-newspaper that he was interested in switching nationalities from Pakistani to English to further his career. 1 http://kaneria.bigstarcricket.com/bs/players/kaneria/article_4165.shtml

Mao Zedong photo

“The nationality of an army is that of its political leadership, not of its common soldiers or its officer corps.”

Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960) American writer

The Enemy of Europe (1953)

Jürgen Habermas photo
Lev Mekhlis photo

Related topics