Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
AUNG SAN SUU KYISometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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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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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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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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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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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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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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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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