Showing posts with label Political quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political quotes. Show all posts

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Aung San Suu Kyi Famous Quotes

Few famous quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi , leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma (Myanmar), and Nobel laureate.

"Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential."

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

"Fear is not the natural state of civilized people."

"Our struggle for democracy is a struggle for our everyday life."

"As my father's daughter, I felt I had a duty to get involved."

"The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged."

"The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development."

"I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians."

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."

"It is not power that corrupts but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."

Friday, August 14, 2009

Famous quotes by Corazon Aquino

Few of famous quotes from Corazon Aquino, the first female president of the Philippines (and the first female president of any country in Asia)

"As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it."

"I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.:

"I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles."

"Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy."

"It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship."

"Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice."

"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."

"I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life"

"One must be frank to be relevant."

"Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope."
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