Kindness can change the lives of people.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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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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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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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.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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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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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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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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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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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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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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