Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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One should mature over 20 years.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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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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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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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 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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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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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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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