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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIPeace 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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.
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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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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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