Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIHuman beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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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.
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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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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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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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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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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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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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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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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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