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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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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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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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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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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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Kindness can change the lives of 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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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