It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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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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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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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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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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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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