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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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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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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is 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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