The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
AUNG SAN SUU KYISaints, 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.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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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.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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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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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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