“It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.”

—  Benazir Bhutto

As quoted in "I never asked for power" in The Guardian (15 August 2002) http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,2763,774840,00.html

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