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 KYIIt is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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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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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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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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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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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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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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