If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThat just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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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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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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