That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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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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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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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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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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