If you feel helpless, go help someone.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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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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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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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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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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I 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.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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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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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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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