Aung San Suu Kyi Zitate auf Englisch

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To be forgotten, is to die a little.

When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want for ourselves.

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Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

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What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

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I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.

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Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook, and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play there.

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

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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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A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

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Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.

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

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

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I'm rather inclined to liking people.

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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

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I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do.

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If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government.

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In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.

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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

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The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

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I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.

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If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

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All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

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I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

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I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

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I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

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History is always changing.

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

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

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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

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

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I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough.

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

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