When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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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The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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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’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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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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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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