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 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… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Regime is made up of people, so I do put faces to regimes and governments, so I feel that all human beings… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Leaders of political parties need to keep in contact with the people; that's what it's all about. If violence were to erupt,… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Were she to be allowed to take her rightful place as the elected leader of the Burmese people, I have little doubt… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In Burma, under the present Constitution, the Army can always take over all parts of government if they think this is necessary.… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I do not like to encourage personalized politics, so we would not like it to be thought that just because certain political… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer. — 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