Aung San Suu Kyi Famous Quotes

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Agreeing to disagree is a prerogative only of those who live under a democratic system. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

If you are feeling helpless, help someone. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident that the possession of a significant surplus of material goods has never been a guarantee against covetousness, rapacity and the infinite variety of vice and pain which spring from such passions. Indeed, it could be argued that the unrelenting compulsion of those who already have much to acquire even more has generated greater injustice, immorality and wretchedness than the cumulative effect of the struggles of the severely underprivileged to better their lot. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

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

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I'm feeling a little delicate. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Suffering degrades, embitters and enrages. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I can say with absolute confidence that the general public of Burma would be very little affected, if at all, by sanctions. So far, the kind of investments that have come in have benefited the public very little indeed. If you have been in Burma long enough, you will be aware of the fact that a small elite has developed that is extremely wealthy. Perhaps they would be affected, but my concern is not with them but with the general public. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I've always said there's no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

That's not how politics works - sometimes things move in a rather imperceptible way. There are no fireworks, and then comes a time when change comes unexpectedly. Sometimes change comes with a lot of fireworks, but not always. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I would like to have seen my sons growing up. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Regime is made up of people, so I do put faces to regimes and governments, so I feel that all human beings have the right to be given the benefit of the doubt, and they also have to be given the right to try to redeem themselves if they so wish. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

As we strive to teach others we must have the humility to acknowledge that we too still have much to learn. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

People should be concerned about installing a more sensible, responsible government. What we [the burmese] need is a government that is accountable and transparent, so that the people know what it is doing and can judge for themselves whether or not they like what is being done. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

A lot of the roads, bridges, railways, and such are built through the use of forced labor, and that is causing the people great suffering. What we put into this in the form of human suffering is not worth what comes out of it. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

If the restrictions on the work of my party and on me personally are not removed in the very, very near future - that is in a matter of days - I think the United States should start thinking seriously of sanctions. This is really about as bad as it has ever been. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Those who have to face persistent political persecution become highly politicized. Our lives take on a rhythm different from those who, on waking up in the morning, do not need to wonder who might have been arrested during the night and what further acts of blatant injustice might be committed against our people later during the day. Our antennae become highly sensitive to vibrations barely noticed by those whose everyday existence is removed from political struggle. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi