That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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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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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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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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