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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEach and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
-
-
The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Kindness can change the lives of people.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
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 KYI -
Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
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 -
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -
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