Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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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One should mature over 20 years.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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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 look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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