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 KYIEven the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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