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 KYIIf you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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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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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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 think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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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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