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 KYISince we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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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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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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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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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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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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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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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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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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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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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