When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIYou 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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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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