So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIWe 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.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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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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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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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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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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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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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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