Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Freedom, Human, May

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

Work, Wrong, Dirty

Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Humor, Best, Survival

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, Sometimes, Dangerous

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, Fear, Losing

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

Peace, War, Attitude

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

Faith, Future, Optimism

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

Life, Struggle, Political

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

Power, Same, Cannot

Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Dreams, Freedom, Democracy

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Change, Political, Democracy

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Time, Talk, Quiet

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Government, Democracy, Keep

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

Peace, Government, Goal

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

Integrity, Human, Often

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Help, Others, Learn

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Change, Revolution, Means

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, Destiny, Perfect

I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Political, Moral, Hold

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Rather, Perhaps, Flexible

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

History, Through, Shows

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

Change, Work, Politics

To be forgotten, is to die a little.
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

Government, True, Country

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.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Game, Mean, Before

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Born: June 19, 1945

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