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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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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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Authoritarian Conscience Family Friend Normal Precious Prisoner Right Separation Stay True
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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Completed Declaration Human Juman Last Law Protect Rebellion Recognize Resort Resource Right Universe
There is no hope without endeavor.
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Endeavor Hope No Without
More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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Change Depend Especially More Particular People Realise Themselves Want Young
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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Army Democracy Engine Genuine Particular People Power Think Time Understand
You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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Combinem Four Get Must Preserving Want Wisdom
The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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Attitude Basic Four Ingredient Kind Must Right Something Success Visit Want
The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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Attribute Born Change Intellectual Mental Ned Quintessential Revolution Spirit Value
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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Acquire Courage Endeavour Fearlesslessly Gift More Perhaps Precious
The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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Always Hope Just People Power Understand Word
The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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Education Empowerment Life Peaceful Result Thoughtful Tolerant Women
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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Better Direction Effective Government People Side Some Way World
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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Condition Easy Enervate Fear Free Iron Miasma might People Principle Rule Themselves Under
To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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Best Children Conflict Knowledge Star War Women
If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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Art Big Freedom Help Important Make People Through Understand
Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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Amazing Government Last Leade People Seem Want

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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