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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIPeace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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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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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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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’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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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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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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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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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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