I think it’s time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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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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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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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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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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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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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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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 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 think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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