Latest Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes from Interviews

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• India and Burma have been close friends since the days we were struggling for independence. And I'm a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and all those leaders of India's independence movement. I would like to believe the aspirations and hopes we shared in the past will continue to bind us in the future.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Believe, Struggle, Past

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in the long run. I think this constitution should be revised.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Running, Military, Thinking

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I have been arrested time and time again, and my colleagues, too. I cannot guarantee that I'll not be arrested again. But it's not something that weighs on my mind. I'll do what I can while I'm free. If they arrest me again, I'll do what I can while I'm under arrest.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Guarantees That, Mind, Colleagues

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Needs, May, Knees

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Important, Action, Should

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• Even if you feel fear, you still have to go ahead and do what you believe in.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Believe, Feels, Stills

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Sacrifice, Looks, Look Up

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are respected, and where our people enjoy all the benefits of democratic institutions.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, People, Trying

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy. The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Moving, Responsibility, People

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Mean, Significant Change, Revolution

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I was speaking to a writer the other day and he gave me a valuable piece of advice. He said that you may get to where you want to go quicker through violence, but the healing process takes longer. Whereas if you don't use violence, there is not much healing necessary, so you win in the long run.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Running, Healing, Winning

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence. Also, I think that if you use the wrong means, the ends themselves get distorted.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Mean, Thinking, Use

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end, I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Book, Thinking, Winning

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I don't seem to have time to breathe. Everything's happening so quickly, and so much is happening all the time.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Breathe, Happenings, Seems

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I think there's a need for the participation of the military for the stability of the transformation period of Burma. If the military and the people do unite together for the sake of our country, we can reach the development of our country in a very short time.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Country, Military, Thinking

  "From Prison to Parliament: Burma Pro-Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Seat in Landmark Vote", www.democracynow.org. April 2, 2012.

• When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered "condemnation is not the solution." We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Military, Want, London

  Source: www.voanews.com

• Taking sides cannot bring peace and balance.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Balance, Sides

  Source: www.voanews.com

• Human rights and rule of law are inseparably connected.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, Law, Connected

  Source: www.voanews.com

• Burma wants to have good relations with our neighboring countries, China and India. I do believe the United States itself wants to live in harmony with China and India. That's why we have to lay down political policies that are fair for everyone.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Country, Believe, Political

  Source: www.voanews.com

• Burma is not yet a full-fledged democracy. We have started working on the road to full democracy. We have a lot of things to do in order to build a democratic structure and to be become a full-fledged democracy.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Order, Democracy, Structure

  Source: www.voanews.com

• Burma is located between China, India, and South East Asia. So it is quite natural that a country wanting diplomatic relations with our country would pay attention to who our regional neighbors are. It is not at all fair to ask a country to build relations with Burma but not take into account the situation in China. There is no way to think that taking the Chinese situation into consideration shows a disregard for Burma.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Country, Thinking, Chinese

  Source: www.voanews.com

• To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Democracy, Path, Firsts

  Source: www.voanews.com

• The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.

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  War, Important, Needs

  Source: www.voanews.com

• Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Political, Understanding, Culture

  Source: www.voanews.com

• There can be no civil peace without the rule of law.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Law, Rule Of Law

  Source: www.voanews.com