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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for 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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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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