The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIKindness can change the lives of people.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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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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So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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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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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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