"You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right."
"As the twentieth century draws to a close it has become obvious that material yardsticks alone cannot serve as an adequate measure of human well-being. Even as basic an issue as poverty has to be re-examined to take into account the psychological sense of deprivation that makes people feel poor."
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Source: Aung San Suu Kyi, University of Oxford. Refugee Studies Programme (1993). “Towards a true refuge”
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