The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIAll right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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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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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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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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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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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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