Pervez Musharraf Quotations

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one.

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

We claim Islam as Deen or a complete way of life.

Was Islam spread by them through force and coercion? No. They preached Islam by personal example.

There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

When you talk only of bin Laden, frankly, the issue is not going and locating one individual,

We regard terrorism as an evil that threatens the world community. All countries must join hands in this common cause,

Yes, he passed centrifuges - parts and complete. I do not exactly remember the number,

The process is moving forward and whenever there would be a concrete and solid advancement, it would be made public,

Let me assure you that President Bush never talks about when are you taking your uniform off,

No formal proposal has been made to New Delhi. It is being put across through you,

For this to happen, it is essential to find a just solution to the problems of Jammu-Kashmir acceptable to Pakistan, India and, above all, the people of Kashmir.

have reaffirmed that our ties should be made more broad-based and multifaceted and based on a long- term and predictable basis.

I still maintain that it ought to be short because any prolonging of the operation is not in the interests of anybody, not even the United States, ... One can only hope and wish that the military objectives are achieved, and it remains as short as possible.

Wherever or whoever wants to do that, let's do it.

We have taken so much action in our internal environment to curb extremism. This was enough reason, much more than enough reason, for any leadership in India to have decided to de-escalate.

We are not deterred. These kinds of things were expected,

We would like to move against any organization that helped him in any way,

We have accepted their assistance, except their men coming across, and I don't think you can begrudge us that. Other than that, we have accepted everything.

We have accepted all assistance except military men coming across and one should not grudge that, ... Other than that we have accepted everything.

We should forget the tensions of the past and look toward the future in the interest of Pakistan,

Now eight days are gone. There are still rescue operations going on. But they say technically after eight days, the chance of miracle saving is slim,

You must understand the environment in Pakistan, ... This has become a moneymaking concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped.

The military campaign, as much as possible, should be short and targeted.

I consider this unthinkable, to ever be a moment where we have to launch nuclear attacks.

This is all humbug. There is just no deal,

All countries must join hands in this common cause.

The hurdles to our progress are extremism and narrow-mindedness,

the enemy is trying to intimidate us by hurling threats of war. We will not be intimidated.

All these moves are focused to keep the dialogue process moving towards its final destination,

Yes I think so, absolutely. It should be stopped, nobody should be talking of hatred and militancy and aggression.

Saying he is in Afghanistan in a spirit of brotherhood, we have also vowed that we will not allow each other's countries, ever, to be used against interests of ours.

Dr. A.Q. Khan's part is only enriching the uranium to weapons grade, ... He does not know about making the bomb, he does not know about the trigger mechanism, he does not know about the delivery system

We have our own brains.

I believe in sympathy, compassion and forgiveness.

You must understand the environment in Pakistan. This has become a moneymaking concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped.

It is up to India to take this opportunity to start ... a process of dialogue,

We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue...we have to understand this reality.

Poverty and deprivation lead to frustration, making the masses vulnerable to exploitation by extremist organizations.