Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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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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I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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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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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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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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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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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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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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