The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIYou may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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.
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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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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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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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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,
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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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There is no hope without endeavor.
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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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