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When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 19
Burmese Politician
Human Rights Activist
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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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If you're feeling helpless, help someone.
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Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free.
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I worry that even those who want to reform are not quite sure how to go about it. There is so much to be done.
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One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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India and Burma have been close friends since the days we were struggling for independence. And I'm a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and all those leaders of India's independence movement. I would like to believe the aspirations and hopes we shared in the past will continue to bind us in the future.
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Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture.
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What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.
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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don't have a job you have to rely on someone.
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Some believe that the only way to remove the authoritarian regime and replace it with a democratic one is through violent means. I would like to set the precedent of political change through political settlement, not through violence.
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To abolish fear correctly is to nurture law and order.
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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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