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
Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.
As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.
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.
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.
All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.
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.
I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.
The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.
For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.
To be forgotten, is to die a little.
Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.
In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.
I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.