Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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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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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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