Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIYou should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
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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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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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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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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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