Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Activist
Born: Jun 19, 1945
Burma People Think Time World You
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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
Power Corrupts Fear Losing Corrupts Power Those Subject Scourge Who Wield
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. Aung San Suu Kyi
Attitude War Peace World Negative Poverty Other Definition Destroy Threaten Rather Factors Putting Removing Inequality Does End Discrimination Just Mean Really Means Based Violence
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. Aung San Suu Kyi
You Conflict Be Prepared Compromise Long-Standing End Want Prepared Bring
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
Democracy People Dangerous Sometimes Opportunity Dictatorship Think About More Gives Could Parody Blatant Because Doing Than Anything Avoid
I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights. Aung San Suu Kyi
Hope Rights Champion Human Rights Shall Looked Protect Always Up Human
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. Aung San Suu Kyi
Time Freedom Will Thought Face Free Long Say Locked Locked Up Would Would-Be Find Stay Something Never Simply Instinct Towards Come Because Makes Doing However Oppressed Up May Human Want Human Beings Them Turn Themselves Agree Beings Suddenly They Say
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
Government Country Every Unity Consider Out Responsibilities Security Must Only Part True Come Within Any Just Where Ethnic Many
If you do nothing you get nothing. Aung San Suu Kyi
You Nothing Get
Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age. Aung San Suu Kyi
Day Age World Voice Day And Age Over Heard Loudly Even
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
Time You Long Isolation Live Think Enough Resources Diminished Long Periods Feel Periods Then Inner
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
Democracy You Not Perfect Own Destiny Tried Gives Perfect Shape Always Explain Your Chance
Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human. Aung San Suu Kyi
Rights People Feeling Human Rights Lead Always Human Less Fundamental Violations
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
Saying People Changed Circumstances Just Confrontational Used Keep
One should mature over 20 years. Aung San Suu Kyi
Over Years Mature Should
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
Service Music Time World Listening Long Long Time Single Wrong Piece Heard Times Any Maybe
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
Me People Wish Think Unless Definition Saint Sinner Trying Goes Who Agree
History is always changing. Aung San Suu Kyi
History Changing Always
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
You Change People Opportunity Society States Willing Give Does Ready Burma Engage Who United United States
I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world. Aung San Suu Kyi
World Prisoner Think Conscience
I look forward to trying the Internet. Aung San Suu Kyi
Internet Look Trying Forward
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
Culture Achieve Weak Ability Compromises Develop Been Repeating Burma Regard Ad
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
Great Change Better Revolution Great Change Defining Significant Brought About Through Simply Non-Violent How Means
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
Politics Service Change Old Ethics Responsibility Think Too Way Brought Like Conditioned Up Now
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
People Try Made Wish Doubt Benefit Faces Given Put Feel Also Redeem Governments Up Human Human Beings Regime Regimes Themselves Beings Right
We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more. Aung San Suu Kyi
Think Everybody Bit More Always Lot Little Little Bit
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
Value Power Unlike Those Value Systems Systems Underprivileged Access Privileged Same Cannot Far Viewpoint
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