"I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it."
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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"I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians."
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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"War is not the only arena where peace is done to death."
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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"My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty."
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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"What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society."
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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"It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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"I'll see you in my dreams."
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"Don't be afraid of your dreams."
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