All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI
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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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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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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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