I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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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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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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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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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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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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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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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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Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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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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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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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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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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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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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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