A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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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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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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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.
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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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