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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIBy helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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