With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIHow can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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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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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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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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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.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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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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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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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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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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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