There is no hope without endeavor.
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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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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