There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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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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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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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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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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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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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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