How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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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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It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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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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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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