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 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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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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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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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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