We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEach and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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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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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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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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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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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.
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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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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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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