Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIHow can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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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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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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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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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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