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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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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