"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."
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Aung San Suu Kyi quotes (page 11 of 15)
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"I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous."
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"We must all work together if we are all to live together in unity and harmony."
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"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."
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"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."
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"We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all."
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"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."
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"As you look at me and listen to me, please remember the often repeated truth that one prisoner of conscience is one too many."
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"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."
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"The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national entity. For that they have to be confident that they too have an active role to play in shaping the destiny of the state that demands their allegiance."
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"War is not the only arena where peace is done to death."
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"In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long."
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"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."
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"Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose."
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"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."
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"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."
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"One prisoner of conscience is one too many."
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"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."
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"I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word."
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"If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise."
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