If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIWe achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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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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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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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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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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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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