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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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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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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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