The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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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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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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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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