Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
AUNG SAN SUU KYII 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.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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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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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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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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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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Early 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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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