There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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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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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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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So 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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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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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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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