The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIRegimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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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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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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