The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFreedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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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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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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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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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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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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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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