I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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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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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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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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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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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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One should mature over 20 years.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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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.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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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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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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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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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