It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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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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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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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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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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It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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 viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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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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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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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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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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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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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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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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