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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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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Avengation Essential Honesty Indicate Intelligent Nature Problem Responsibility Sacegoat Search True
If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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Always Answer Ask Choice Made People Sacrifice
With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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Country Institution Kind Law Progress Quickly Right Rule Start State Very
The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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Country Fear Freedom People Security Want
The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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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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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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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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Call Hard Icon Just Like Say Symbol Very Worry
Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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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 think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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