"Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism." — Benazir Bhutto

Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate... as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother.

Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.