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Quote by Aung San Suu Kyi

“The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.”

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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

“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression', human rights should be protected by the rule of law. That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.”

“Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.”

Mind Differences Views Majors Concepts Genuine Dialogue Confrontation Settlement

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.”

Real Sometimes Peace Justice Resistance Cliche

Author:Arundhati Roy

“Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.”

Thinking Giving Lost Gratitude Helplessness Powerlessness

Book:The Algebra of Infinite Justice

Source: The Algebra of Infinite Justice

Quote by Aung San Suu Kyi

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