It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIMy top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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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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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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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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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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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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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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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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.
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