black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

Related Topics

Corrupt Encourage Fear Lose Power Subject

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Always Hope Just People Power Understand Word
Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Big Convenience Enough Every Kindness never Recieve Small World
Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Again Civilize Crush Fear Machinery Man Mist Natural State Under Yet
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Action Contribution Every Peace Positive Thought Wholesome
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

Condemning Country Criticize Military Offensive People Person State Youth
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Confidence Feel Job Jobless People Rely Self Someone Worthless
Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Human Ignorant Neglect Occasion Project Right Rule
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Aim Genuine Improvement Institution Merely Official Policy Revolution Succes Success View
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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Assurance Close Foundation Human Interpret Mind Peace Power Right Security Uphold
The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Attitude Basic Four Ingredient Kind Must Right Something Success Visit Want
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Acquire Courage Endeavour Fearlesslessly Gift More Perhaps Precious
Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Discipline Free Maintain Men Oppress Process Responsibility Saint Sinner Society Themselves Try Women
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Certain Decade Divert End Follow Path Personal Reson
The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Education Empowerment Life Peaceful Result Thoughtful Tolerant Women
There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Compare Courage Name Nothing Ordinary Pass People Sacrifice Unknown Unnoticed
There is no hope without endeavor.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Endeavor Hope No Without

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes