It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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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There is no 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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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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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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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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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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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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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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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