People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThat’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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,
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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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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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