As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIAs I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIKindness can change the lives of people.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
AUNG SAN SUU KYIYou may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIPeople ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEvery kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
AUNG SAN SUU KYII always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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