Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIGovernment leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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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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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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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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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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