As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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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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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The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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