Muhammad Ayub Khan

“If you want to have a stable government, you must have a one-party system.”

“Friends, not masters.”

“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.”

“We must have a clear-cut and definite ideology to live for; otherwise, we will have nothing to die for.”

“Pakistan's foreign policy is a reflection of its ideology.”

“The army is the only institution in the country that is organized and disciplined.”

“I have no ambition except to see my country prosperous and strong.”

“People in this part of the world know only two things - force and religion.”

“The system of Basic Democracies has been designed to give the common man a sense of participation in the affairs of the country.”