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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. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #definition #destroy #discrimination #does

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#dignity #frankly #politics #should #thinking

I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#definition #goes #i #i wish #me

I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that this is the only way we can maintain the dignity of our people. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#believe #burma #democracy #dignity #i

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#better #burma #community #coordinated #democracy

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#change #does #engage #give #opportunity

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#along #assume #begun #community #dialogue

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#future #help #international #international community #make

I grew up around a lot of aggressive guys. My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#aggressive #around #grew #guys #i

For it was only via the idea of God that we were able to develop all our ideas about a unified self, reason, a unified law-governed cosmos, sovereignty, property, supervision (Providence) and management, long-term purposes and action to attain them and so on. God taught us everything, so that we are eternally grateful to God even as we now leave him behind. ↗

— Don Cupitt

#god #religion #religion