The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIPart of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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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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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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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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Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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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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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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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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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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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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