If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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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.
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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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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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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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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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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