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
The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.
I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.
It cannot be doubted that in most countries today women, in comparison to men, still remain underprivileged.
I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that this is the only way we can maintain the dignity of our people.
All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.
To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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.
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.
Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.
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.
If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.
It is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature.