Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

"It cannot be doubted that in most countries today women, in comparison to men, still remain underprivileged."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"Sanctions are one-sided, unilateral actions taken by some without any regard for the people."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"Fear is not the natural state of civilized people."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national entity. For that they have to be confident that they too have an active role to play in shaping the destiny of the state that demands their allegiance."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"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."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."
-Aung San Suu Kyi

"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."
-Aung San Suu Kyi