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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIJustice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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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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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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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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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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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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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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