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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 Kyi

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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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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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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 people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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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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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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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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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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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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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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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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