Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes - Page 8

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

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times.

A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.

Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free.

Some believe that the only way to remove the authoritarian regime and replace it with a democratic one is through violent means. I would like to set the precedent of political change through political settlement, not through violence.

If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined to north India, Christianity to a narrow tract in the Middle East and Islam to Arabia.

Art history is always changing too.

It cannot be doubted that in most countries today women, in comparison to men, still remain underprivileged.

Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal. But it is one towards which we must continue to journey, our eyes fixed on it as a traveller in a desert fixes his eyes on the one guiding star that will lead him to salvation.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.

It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.

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

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

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.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

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

At this age, I should be leading a quiet life.

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

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.

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.