Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes - Page 2

The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.

Challenges mean opportunities as well.

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.

Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.

One should mature over 20 years.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.

Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large. Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.

Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.

Please use your freedom to promote ours.

If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated

If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy. The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.

Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

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.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.

Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.