Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

About Aung San Suu Kyi:

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament . She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent political prisoners.
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The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook, and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play the...

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

I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

Aung San Suu Kyi

If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.

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If you do nothing you get nothing.

Aung San Suu Kyi

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

Aung San Suu Kyi

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between n...

Aung San Suu Kyi

To be forgotten, is to die a little.

Aung San Suu Kyi

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

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I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.

Aung San Suu Kyi

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

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I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

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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.

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I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

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Author Bio

  • NameAung San Suu Kyi
  • DescriptionChairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy
  • Aliases???????????????; aung hcan: cu. krany; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; Daw Suu; Amay Suu; Dr. Suu Kyi; Ms. Suu Kyi; Miss Suu Kyi
  • BornJune 19, 1945
  • CountryBurma
  • ProfessionPolitician; Writer; Human Rights Activist
  • WorksFreedom From Fear
  • AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Commander Of The Legion Of Honour; Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding; Sakharov Prize; Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize; International Simón Bolívar Prize; Wallenberg Medal; Congressional Gold Medal; Václav Havel Prize For Creative Dissent; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Olof Palme Prize; UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize; Order Of Australia; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom From Fear; Chatham House Prize; Freedom Award; Giuseppe Motta Medal; Gwangju Prize For Human Rights