If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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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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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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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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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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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 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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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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