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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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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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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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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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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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