Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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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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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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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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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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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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