Aung San Suu Kyi quotes - page 7

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world. (Aung San Suu Kyi)
I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark. View quote
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I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights. View quote
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When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened. View quote
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I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics. View quote
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Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose. View quote
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I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever. View quote
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I'm feeling a little delicate. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it. View quote
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I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time. (Aung San Suu Kyi)
What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer. View quote
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I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times. View quote
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We have faith in the power to change what needs to be changed but we are under no illusion that the transition from dictatorship to liberal democracy will be easy, or that democratic government will mean the end of all our problems. View quote
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." (From a speech read on video on August 31, 1995 before the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China) View quote
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One of the tasks we have set ourselves. View quote
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Democracy allows people to have different views, and democracy. View quote
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Those of us who decided to work for democracy in Burma made our choice in the conviction that the danger of standing up for basic human rights in a repressive society was preferable to the safety of a quiescent life in servitude. View quote
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Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal. But it is one towards which we must continue to journey, our eyes fixed on it as a traveller in a desert fixes his eyes on the one guiding star that will lead him to salvation. Even if we do not achieve perfect peace on earth, because perfect peace is not of this earth, common endeavours to gain peace will unite individuals and nations in trust and friendship and help to make our human community safer and kinder. View quote
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Revered monks and people. This public rally is aimed at informing the whole world of the will of the people... View quote
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Security, freedom, dignity, if we had these three we could say that it has been worth while being born into this world. (Aung San Suu Kyi)
It is the duty of the government to make all our people feel secure, and it is the duty of our people to learn to live in harmony with one another. View quote
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Why is one of the most important words in any language. You have to know why the world is the way it is or you have to want to know. If you do not have this curiosity and if you do not have the intelligence in order to be able to express this curiosity in terms that others can understand than we will not be able to contribute to progress in our world. View quote
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation's development. A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success. View quote
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It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention. View quote
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