The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIntimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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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.
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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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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There is no hope without endeavor.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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