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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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 value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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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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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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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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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.
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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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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