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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYITo the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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