There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIYou may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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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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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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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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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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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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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