“We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That is what my father said. It is the reason why I am participating in this struggle.”
Quote by Aung San Suu Kyi
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi is a distinguished Burmese politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, born in June 1945. She is renowned for her nonviolent struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar, spending much of her life under house arrest and becoming a symbol of hope for the Burmese people. more
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