The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThat just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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