Challenges mean opportunities as well.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIHuman rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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