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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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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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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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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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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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