Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEven the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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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.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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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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