The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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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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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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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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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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