We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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 by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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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 main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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