#so

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. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #cultural #democratic #governments #human

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#development #fixed #history #pass #series

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#enough #feel #i #i think #inner

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#nothing #original #power #reason #regimes

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#healthiest #i #i think #prisoner #think

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #freer #i #i think #our time

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. ↗

— Barry Switzer

#base #born #go #hit #life

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#cautiously #optimistic #politics #you

It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say something is just if it is not just. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#burma #could #everyone #good #just

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#change #depend #easy #especially #fool