We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFreedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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One should mature over 20 years.
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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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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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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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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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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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