"It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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"I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.“
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"War is not the only arena where peace is done to death."
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"My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty."
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"Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival."
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"I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights."
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"Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up."
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