Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII 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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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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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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.
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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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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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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 want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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