You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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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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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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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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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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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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There is no hope without endeavor.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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