Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.”

“The people have given me their support; they have given me their trust and confidence. My colleagues have suffered a lot in order to give me support. I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.”

“The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.”

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

“It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.”

“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.”

“I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.”

“Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.”

“If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.”

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