Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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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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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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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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