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That 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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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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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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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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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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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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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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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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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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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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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