Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIn societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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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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The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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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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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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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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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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