It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEarly 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.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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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 good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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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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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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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.
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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