"For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change."
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"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."
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"Please use your freedom to promote ours."
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"Fear is not the natural state of civilized people."
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"It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes."
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"The greatest gift for an individual or a nation... was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind."
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"It's good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma. I think in some ways it's better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions."
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"Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government."
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"A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity."
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"In Burma, we have only about four percent of the people in our country who are (college) graduates. So can we not value the majority? No, we must. If we just value the graduates, then does that mean our people are not valuable? I don't believe that. What is important is we need right people in right positions."
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"It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute."
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"Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people."
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"It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear."
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"There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk."
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"Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age."
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"Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it."
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"There is no hope without endeavor."
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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. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, so we work to try and bring about the situation that is necessary for the country, and we are confident that we will get to the negotiation table at one time or another. This is the way all such situations pan out even with the most truculent dictator."
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"We must contemplate what the meaning of being "educated" is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important."
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"I don't like to be called a symbol. And I don't like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I'd rather be known as a hard worker. I don't think symbols do much, nor icons."
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