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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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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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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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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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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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 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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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