We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFreedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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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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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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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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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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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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