If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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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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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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