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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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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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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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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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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this 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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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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