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.
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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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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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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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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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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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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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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