The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIEvery thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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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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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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There is no hope without endeavor.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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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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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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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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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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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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