If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII 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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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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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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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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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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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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