If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear. — 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… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time,… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I worry that even those who want to reform are not quite sure how to go about it. There is so much… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
People need security of the mind. Why do they want democracy? Because it can give them freedom and security in a balanced… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Burma wants to have good relations with our neighboring countries, China and India. I do believe the United States itself wants to… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy. The people have to take part.… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We have been making constant efforts, all the time, to start dialogue with the SLORC, but you know it takes two. We… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. If either or both sides… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I was speaking to a writer the other day and he gave me a valuable piece of advice. He said that you… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't… — 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
I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not… — 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… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I've always said there's no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State.… — 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share
I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share
