By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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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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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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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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