Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt 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.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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