With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIKindness can change the lives of people.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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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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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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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 do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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