Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf 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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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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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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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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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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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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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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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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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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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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That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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