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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I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I knew some of the army quite well.

Aung San Suu Kyi

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

Aung San Suu Kyi

I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Suffering degrades, embitters and enrages.

Aung San Suu Kyi

It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention.

Aung San Suu Kyi

People keep saying I've changed. I used to be confrontational. But I'm - I haven't changed. It was - it's just that circumstances have changed.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't think I have achieved anything that I can really be proud of.

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I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

Aung San Suu Kyi

We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.

Aung San Suu Kyi

We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.

Aung San Suu Kyi

There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises.

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.

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A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

Aung San Suu Kyi

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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