There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
AUNG SAN SUU KYISo 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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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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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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