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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.

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
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The last six years afforded me much time and food for thought. I came to the conclusion that the human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are capable of learning and those who are incapable of doing so.
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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.
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Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
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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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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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To be forgotten, is to die a little.
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I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.
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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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At the moment I would like to emphasize the need for vocational training, for non-formal education in Burma to help all those young people who have suffered from a bad education. They have to be trained to earn their living. They have to have enough education vocational training to be able to set up respectable lives for themselves.
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I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.
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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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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.
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I'm rather inclined to liking people.
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I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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In Burma, under the present Constitution, the Army can always take over all parts of government if they think this is necessary. so until the Army comes out clearly and consistently in support of the democratic process we cannot say that it's irreversible. But I don't think we need fear a reversal too much either.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.
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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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