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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe 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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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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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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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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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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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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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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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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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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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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