Please use your freedom to promote ours.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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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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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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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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I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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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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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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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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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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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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