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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIBy helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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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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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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