Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

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Aung San Suu Kyi

Profession : Activist

Birth : June 19, 1945

One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.

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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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Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.

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We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.

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I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

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People must work in unison.

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I'm rather inclined to liking people.

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War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

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I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises.

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In the end, I think people prefer the good to win rather than the bad.

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If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.

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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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I don't think I have achieved anything that I can really be proud of.

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Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

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

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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.

Aung San Suu Kyi