The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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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The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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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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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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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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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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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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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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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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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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