Aung San Suu Kyi

People must work in unison.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

History is always changing.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I'm feeling a little delicate.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi

If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

People should be concerned about installing a more sensible, responsible government. What we [the burmese] need is a government that is accountable…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It is man's vision of a world fit for rational, civilized humanity which leads him to dare and to suffer to build…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

In Burma, we have only about four percent of the people in our country who are (college) graduates. So can we not…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

There are those who argue that the concept of human rights is not applicable to all cultures. We in the National League…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much.…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It's good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma. I…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

In Burma, we need to find out what we have to do in order to keep the democratization process on track. Economic…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.

— Aung San Suu Kyi