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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEach and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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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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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.
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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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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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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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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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