As you look at me and listen to me, please remember the often repeated truth that one prisoner of conscience is one… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
You have a great many things to do when you are under house arrest. On the one hand, it is more comfortable… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
There have been many claims that [U.S.] sanctions have hurt Burma economically, but I did not agree with that point of view.… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In Burma, we need to improve education in the country - not only primary education, but secondary and tertiary education. Our education… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know.… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“In one of her letters she writes: Some have questioned the appropriateness of talking about such matters as metta (loving-kindness) and thissa (truth) in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image