Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt 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.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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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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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.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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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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One should mature over 20 years.
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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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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that ‘if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression’, human rights should be protected by the rule of law.
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