That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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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 look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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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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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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It is not power that corrupts but 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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