"It is often in the name of cultural……" — 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 human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments."
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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178 Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi has 178 quotes on this site.
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I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988…
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We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all.
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We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That…
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.…
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps the more precious thing is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes…
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right…
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves –…
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People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.
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More Authoritarian Quotes
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And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all…
— Madeleine Albright
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The parent-child relationship in the home usually reflects the objective cultural conditions of the surrounding social structure. If the conditions…
— Paulo Freire
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A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population…
— Friedrich Engels
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Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an…
— Thomas Naylor
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Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one…
— Tom L. Johnson
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A state does not simply fall apart as a result of depression... [Weimar Germany] was not destroyed by economic depression…
— Sebastian Haffner
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Women's liberation, if it abolishes the patriarchal family, will abolish a necessary substructure of the authoritarian state, and once that…
— Germaine Greer
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Whether the teacher is authoritarian, undisciplined, competent, incompetent, serious, irresponsible, involved, a lover of people and of life, cold, angry…
— Paulo Freire
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RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and…
— Bertrand Russell
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Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development ,…
— Simon Baron-Cohen
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I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never…
— Mickey Rourke
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But the true threats to stability and peace are these nations that are not very transparent, that hide behind the-that…
— George W. Bush
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