Quotes By Aung San Suu Kyi

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

To be forgotten, is to die a little.

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

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

A family is very special. So when a family splits up, it's not good, it's never good.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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