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I 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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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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.
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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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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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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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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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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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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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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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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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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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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