Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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What we are lacking in Burma is an independence effective judiciary, and unless we have all three of the democratic institutions - strong and healthy, we cannot say that our democratic processes (is complete).
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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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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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European and American companies companies do create jobs for some people but what they're mainly going to do is make an already wealthy elite wealthier, and increase its greed and strong desire to hang on to power. So immediately and in the long run, these companies - harm the democratic process a great deal.
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The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.
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To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.
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So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop us from supporting sanctions. It has to be the other way around: dialogue first, then we stop our call for sanctions, because sanctions make people understand that you cannot exercise repression and at the same time expect international support.
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As we strive to teach others we must have the humility to acknowledge that we too still have much to learn.
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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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It's very difficult to have any faith in the sincerity of the SLORC about stamping out drug production if they find it so easy to forgive a drug baron whom at one time they said they would never, never forgive and would never, never regard as anything but a drug runner. The SLORC is far more aggressive in its attitude toward the National League for Democracy than against drug traffickers.
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There are those who argue that the concept of human rights is not applicable to all cultures. We in the National League for Democracy believe that human rights are of universal relevance. But even those who do not believe in human rights must certainly agree that the rule of law is most important. Without the rule of law there can be no peace.
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For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.
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It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence. Also, I think that if you use the wrong means, the ends themselves get distorted.
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In Burma, we need to improve education in the country - not only primary education, but secondary and tertiary education. Our education system is very very bad. But, of course, if you look at primary education, we have to think in terms of early childhood development that's going back to before the child is born - making sure the mother is well nourished and the child is properly nurtured.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves – they can't depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.
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I would like to have seen my sons growing up.
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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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I don't think any country can survive as a prosperous and dignified country unless there is rule of law.
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I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.
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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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Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.
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It is not a sacrifice, it's a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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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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