- Activist | June 19, 1945 -
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
Aung San Suu Kyi
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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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The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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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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Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.
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The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want for ourselves.
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If you do nothing you get nothing.
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