Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi,is a Burmese social democratic stateswoman, politician, diplomat and author who serves as the First and incumbent State Counsellor and Leader of the National League for Democracy. She is also the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and the Minister of President's Office in President Htin Kyaw's Cabinet, and from 2012 to 2016 was a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Kawhmu Township...
NationalityBurmese
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth19 June 1945
CountryMyanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi quotes about
Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.
What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.
There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
To be forgotten, is to die a little.
For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.
The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.
I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.
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.
All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.
I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.
I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.
As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.
Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.
I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.