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 KYIThe value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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The 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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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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.
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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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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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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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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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