All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights. — 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… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. The only… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort,… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The act of willingly subtracting from one's own limited store of the good and the agreeable for the sake of adding to… — 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
