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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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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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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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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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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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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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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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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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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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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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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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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