If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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.
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It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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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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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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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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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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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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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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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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