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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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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Choice Choose Force Sacrifice Something You
Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Bried Change Even Heart heavy Kindness Lighten Live People
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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Human Ignorant Neglect Occasion Project Right Rule
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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Been Beneficial Childhood Cost Development Effective Every Society Tries
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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Better Direction Effective Government People Side Some Way World
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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Corrupt Encourage Fear Lose Power Subject
The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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All Anywhere Better Force Get Indivisible Long Negative Our Peace Rock World
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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Discrimination End Factor Inequality Mean Other Peace Poverty Put Violence
Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Alienation Common Feature Inconsistence Logic People Weak
The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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Good Individual Nation Need Service Sublimate
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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Dialogue Find Loser Main Nation Political Problem Resolve Winner
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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Courage Democratic Earn Given Liberty Other Political Resolution Right Sacrifice Social Through Value
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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Acces Access Power Remove Same Such System Value
If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Feeling Help Helpless Someone
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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Call Hard Icon Just Like Say Symbol Very Worry
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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Condemning Country Criticize Military Offensive People Person State Youth

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