Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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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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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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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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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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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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