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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 19
Burmese Politician
Human Rights Activist
Politician
Writer
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Daw Suu
Amay Suu
Dr. Suu Kyi
Ms. Suu Kyi
Miss Suu Kyi
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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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When fear sets in, you don't trust others and when you don't trust anyone then you become selfish.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.
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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.
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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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It is the love of ordinary people, in Burma, in Japan or anywhere else in the world, for justice and peace and freedom that is our surest defense against the forces of unreason and extremism.
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I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.
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Challenges mean opportunities as well.
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When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.
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There can be no civil peace without the rule of law.
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I do not believe that I'm sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I'm demanding returns for my investments. 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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One prisoner of conscience is one too many.
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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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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined to north India, Christianity to a narrow tract in the Middle East and Islam to Arabia.
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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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What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.
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After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.
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