The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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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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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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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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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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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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