The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEven one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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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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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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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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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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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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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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