If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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.
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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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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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One should mature over 20 years.
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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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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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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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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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