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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

Topics: Corrupts Fear Losing Power Power Corrupts Scourge Subject Those Who

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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.

~Aung San Suu Kyi

Topics: Agree Because Beings Come Doing Face Find Free Freedom However Human Human Beings Instinct Locked Locked Up Long Makes May Never Oppressed Say Simply Something Stay Suddenly Them Themselves They Say Thought Time Towards Turn Up Want Will Would

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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

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Topics: Age Day Day And Age Even Heard Loudly Over Voice World

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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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Topics: Attitude Based Definition Destroy Discrimination Does End Factors Inequality Just Mean Means Negative Other Peace Poverty Putting Rather Really Removing Threaten Violence War World

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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

~Aung San Suu Kyi

Topics: Always Feeling Fundamental Human Human Rights Lead Less People Rights Violations

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The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

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Topics: Interference Judiciary Must Political Released Strengthened

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If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

~Aung San Suu Kyi

Topics: Be Prepared Bring Compromise Conflict End Long-Standing Prepared Want You

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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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Topics: Any Because Before Between Checkmate Chess Democratic Democratic Process Difference Does Game Get Like Look Make Many Mean Moves Process Simply Three Vast You

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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

Topics: About Anything Avoid Because Blatant Could Dangerous Democracy Dictatorship Doing Gives More Opportunity Parody People Sometimes Than Think I Think

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I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

~Aung San Suu Kyi

Topics: Always Been Non-Violence Side Strongly

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Activist

Born: June 19th, 1945

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