Quotes By Aung San Suu Kyi

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

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

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

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

I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

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.

No, I was never afraid.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

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

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

I knew some of the army quite well.

History is always changing.

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

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

People must work in unison.

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

One should mature over 20 years.

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

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

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.

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

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

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.