Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIHow can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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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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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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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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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 think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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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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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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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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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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