There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIMy top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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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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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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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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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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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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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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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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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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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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