To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIChallenges mean opportunities as well.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
-
-
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI