There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIWe have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
-
-
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Kindness can change the lives of people.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI