People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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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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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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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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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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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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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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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I 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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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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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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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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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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