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Burma is not yet a full-fledged democracy. We have started working on the road to full democracy. We have a lot of things to do in order to build a democratic structure and to be become a full-fledged democracy.

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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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 don't seem to have time to breathe. Everything's happening so quickly, and so much is happening all the time.
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A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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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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In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.
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Agreeing to disagree is a prerogative only of those who live under a democratic system.
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I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.
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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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One prisoner of conscience is one too many.
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To be forgotten, is to die a little.
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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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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.
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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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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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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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've always said that the most important thing is job creation. Jobs will earn people money and build self-confidence.
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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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