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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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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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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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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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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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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Always Answer Ask Choice Made People Sacrifice
In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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Confident Men Merely Own Society Tolerate Truly Value Women Worth
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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Change Depend Especially More Particular People Realise Themselves Want Young
Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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May Politics Think You
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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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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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Always Feel Fundamental Human Lead Less People Right Violation
With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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