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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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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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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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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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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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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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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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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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