The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIWhen 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.
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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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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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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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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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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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