Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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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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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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.
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Each 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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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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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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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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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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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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