If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIWeak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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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 true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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You 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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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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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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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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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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