Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIDemocracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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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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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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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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The 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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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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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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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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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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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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