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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEach man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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 good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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