Quote

I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Aung San Suu Kyi
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 19
Burmese Politician
Human Rights Activist
Politician
Writer
Rangoon
aung hcan: cu. krany
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Daw Suu
Amay Suu
Dr. Suu Kyi
Ms. Suu Kyi
Miss Suu Kyi
The lady
Upon
Politically
Look
Politicians
Looks
Dirty
Work
Active
Something
Politician
Think
Courses
Thinking
Course
People
Wrong
Naughty

More quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

Image
When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
Human rights and rule of law are inseparably connected.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
When you think of Buddhism, you're likely to think of peace and tranquility.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
I would like to have seen my sons growing up.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
You have a great many things to do when you are under house arrest. On the one hand, it is more comfortable than sitting in prison on the other hand, you have to look after a household, which is strenuous under such circumstances.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
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.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
Young people drift away from society because, in many cases, they have no hope or goals. So, hope will have to be given to the young.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
In Burma, we need to find out what we have to do in order to keep the democratization process on track. Economic reforms have to be taken one by one. You see it's not just speed that's important, it's sequencing as well. You've got to get the speed right you have to get the sequencing right.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
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.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
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.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Image
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.
Aung San Suu Kyi