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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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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,
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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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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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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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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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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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from 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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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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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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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.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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