The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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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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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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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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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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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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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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