Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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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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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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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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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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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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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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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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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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