The 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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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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 people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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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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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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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
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That’s not what it’s all about. It’s to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.
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