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 KYII 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.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about 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 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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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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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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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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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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