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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt is not power that corrupts but fear.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help 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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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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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
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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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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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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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So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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