Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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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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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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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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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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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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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 history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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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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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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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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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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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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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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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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