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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We must make democracy the popular creed ... If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer ... That is what my father said. It is the reason why I am participating in this struggle. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I've never thought of myself as being particularly brave - I used to be frightened of the dark when I was small. And I'm not very good with dead rats and things like that. But I face what has to be faced and I hope as best as I'm able. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If the restrictions on the work of my party and on me personally are not removed in the very, very near future - that is in a matter of days - I think the United States should start thinking seriously of sanctions. This is really about as bad as it has ever been. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
A family is very special. So when a family splits up, it's not good, it's never good. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
People keep saying I've changed. I used to be confrontational. But I'm - I haven't changed. It was - it's just that circumstances have changed. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I was a prisoner, but I always felt free because I was not frightened So for me real freedom is freedom from fear. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
People should be concerned about installing a more sensible, responsible government. What we [the burmese] need is a government that is accountable and transparent, so that the people know what it is doing and can judge for themselves whether or not they like what is being done. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield? -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It is man's vision of a world fit for rational, civilized humanity which leads him to dare and to suffer to build societies free from want and fear. Concepts such as truth, justice and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it? -- Aung San Suu Kyi
A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I'm rather inclined to liking people. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Fear is a habit; I am not afraid. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Investment that only goes to enrich an already wealthy elite bent on monopolizing both economic and political power cannot contribute toward egalite and justice
the foundation stones for a sound democracy. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude; you must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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
A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
One prisoner of conscience is one too many. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Sometimes I didn't even have enough money to eat. I became so weak from malnourishment that my hair fell out, and I couldn't get out of bed. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
That's not how politics works - sometimes things move in a rather imperceptible way. There are no fireworks, and then comes a time when change comes unexpectedly. Sometimes change comes with a lot of fireworks, but not always. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
History is always changing. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think when the people in Burma stop thinking about whether or not they're free, it'll mean that they're free. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook, and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play there. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
In a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Never let fear prevent you from doing right. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Books always help. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Suffering degrades, embitters and enrages. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I knew some of the army quite well. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you are feeling helpless, help someone. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Fear is not the natural state of civilized people. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in the world. Kindness, can change the lives of people. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think one must take responsibility for one's actions and one's decisions. But one should never take
one should never assume that everything that happens for the good is achieved by one's self alone. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, so we work to try and bring about the situation that is necessary for the country, and we are confident that we will get to the negotiation table at one time or another. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Regime is made up of people, so I do put faces to regimes and governments, so I feel that all human beings have the right to be given the benefit of the doubt, and they also have to be given the right to try to redeem themselves if they so wish. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Please use your liberty to promote ours -- Aung San Suu Kyi
You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
In the end, I think people prefer the good to win rather than the bad. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Challenges mean opportunities as well. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
You may not think about politics, but politics think about you. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you do nothing you get nothing. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I would like to have seen my sons growing up. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
A lot of the roads, bridges, railways, and such are built through the use of forced labor, and that is causing the people great suffering. What we put into this in the form of human suffering is not worth what comes out of it. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It's good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma. I think in some ways it's better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you feel helpless, go help someone. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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) -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Perhaps Singapore could learn from us a more relaxed way of life. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Calamities that are not the result of purely natural phenomena usually have their origins, distant and obscure though they may be, in common human failings. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think it's time for the Army to understand that power should be enshrined in the people if we are to be a genuine democracy and not in any particular institution or organisation. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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, i.e. 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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
At this age, I should be leading a quiet life. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say something is just if it is not just. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless
and helpless
mass to be manipulated at will. It is as though people were incidental to a nation rather than its very life-blood. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
When you feel helpless, help someone. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The greatest gift for an individual or a nation ... was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the night dew. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Sanctions are not really an economic weapon. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Please use your freedom to promote ours. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
As we strive to teach others we must have the humility to acknowledge that we too still have much to learn. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
One should mature over 20 years. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Some believe that the only way to remove the authoritarian regime and replace it with a democratic one is through violent means. I would like to set the precedent of political change through political settlement, not through violence. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Some of the best indicators of a country developing along the right lines are healthy mothers giving birth to healthy children who are assured of good care and a sound education that will enable them to face the challenges of a changing world. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't think I have achieved anything that I can really be proud of. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't like to be called a symbol. And I don't like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I'd rather be known as a hard worker. I don't think symbols do much, nor icons. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We will surely get to our destination if we join hands. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
[T]here is a vast difference in the attitude of a man with a gun in his hand and that of one without a gun in his hand. When a man does not have a gun in his hand, or a woman for the matter, he or she tries harder to use his or her mind, sense of compassion, and intelligence to work out a solution. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The people have given me their support; they have given me their trust and confidence. My colleagues have suffered a lot in order to give me support. I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Leaders of political parties need to keep in contact with the people; that's what it's all about. If violence were to erupt, I am fairly confident that we could control our people. Whether or not the authorities can control theirs is another matter altogether. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
As the twentieth century draws to a close it has become obvious that material yardsticks alone cannot serve as an adequate measure of human well-being. Even as basic an issue as poverty has to be re-examined to take into account the psychological sense of deprivation that makes people feel poor. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless "law" is equated with justice and "order" with the discipline of a people satisfied that justice has been done. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
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. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
We must all work together if we are all to live together in unity and harmony. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because the greatest suffering among the people at the moment is caused by lack of justice and lack of the rule of law. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
People must work in unison. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you're feeling helpless, help someone. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
When you think of Buddhism, you're likely to think of peace and tranquility. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
The French say that to part is to die a little. To be forgotten too is to die a little. It is to lose some of the links that anchor us to the rest of humanity. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
To be forgotten, is to die a little. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I look forward to trying the Internet. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Agreeing to disagree is a prerogative only of those who live under a democratic system. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
I'm feeling a little delicate. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
You cannot compromise unless people talk to you. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as a challenge to combat. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
It cannot be doubted that in most countries today women, in comparison to men, still remain underprivileged. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
No, I was never afraid. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize. -- Aung San Suu Kyi