Top 10 Quotes by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. Born on January 5, 1928, Bhutto founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and played a significant role in Pakistani politics during the 1960s and 1970s. He pursued a policy of socialist reforms and nationalization while advocating for the rights of the poor and marginalized. Bhutto was executed in 1979 after being deposed in a military coup led by General Zia-ul-Haq in 1977. He remains a controversial and influential figure in Pakistani history and politics.

Top 10 Quotes by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

1. "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

2. "We will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice!"
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

3. "The people have realized that Martial Law is not law. A regime not established by law is devoid of the attribute to dispense law. 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

4. "They are going to kill me. It doesn't matter what evidence you or anyone comes up with. They are going to murder me for a murder I didn't commit."
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

5. "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

6. "We will go back and fight. My country harkens for me, why should I waste my time here?"
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

7. "Jammu and Kashmir is part of Pakistan, in blood, in flesh, in culture, in history, in geography. In every way and in every form."
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

8. "Maang raha hai har insan, roti kapra aur makaan"
[Every person has the same needs: bread, clothing and shelter].
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

9. "Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. Now we are the most non-allied."
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

10. "O Lord, help me for I am innocent"
— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto