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 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.
Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole outlook, and they are not the only ones to mold the outlook of society, but they have an important role to play there.
I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough.
We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.
Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.
Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.
We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.
Regime is made up of people, so I do put faces to regimes and governments, so I feel that all human beings have the right to be given the benefit of the doubt, and they also have to be given the right to try to redeem themselves if they so wish.
It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say something is just if it is not just.
I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.
I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do.