We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIMy attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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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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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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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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