You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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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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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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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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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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One should mature over 20 years.
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