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Aung San Suu Kyi Inspirational Quotes (176)

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I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that this is the only way we can maintain the dignity of our people.
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The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the campus could get away with engaging in political activities, but they seem to be able to get away with taking drugs. We have heard that it is very easy to obtain drugs on the university campuses.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.
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Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism.
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It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because the greatest suffering among the people at the moment is caused by lack of justice and lack of the rule of law.
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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 give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated
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One should mature over 20 years.
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Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.
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Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as a challenge to combat.
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Human rights and rule of law are inseparably connected.
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To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.
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Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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We must all work together if we are all to live together in unity and harmony.
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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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There are those who argue that the concept of human rights is not applicable to all cultures. We in the National League for Democracy believe that human rights are of universal relevance. But even those who do not believe in human rights must certainly agree that the rule of law is most important. Without the rule of law there can be no peace.
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Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.
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I was a prisoner, but I always felt free because I was not frightened So for me real freedom is freedom from fear.
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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.
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