"To abolish fear correctly is to nurture law and order."
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"Burma is located between China, India, and South East Asia. So it is quite natural that a country wanting diplomatic relations with our country would pay attention to who our regional neighbors are. It is not at all fair to ask a country to build relations with Burma but not take into account the situation in China. There is no way to think that taking the Chinese situation into consideration shows a disregard for Burma."
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"The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government."
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"When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened."
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"In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic."
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"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."
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"I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark."
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"Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free."
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"I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma."
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"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."
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"I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world."
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"I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights."
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"I would like to have seen my sons growing up."
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"I don't think any country can survive as a prosperous and dignified country unless there is rule of law."
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"When fear sets in, you don't trust others and when you don't trust anyone then you become selfish."
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"Even if you feel fear, you still have to go ahead and do what you believe in."
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"Art history is always changing too."
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"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."
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"I'm feeling a little delicate."
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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."
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