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Freedom from Fear

: And Other Writings

by Aung San Suu Kyi

Freedom from Fear - collected writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi's collected writings - edited by her late husband, whom the ruling military junta prevented from visiting Burma as he was dying of cancer - reflects

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“Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Freedom, rights, aspiration, Lives, Life

“Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as "grace under pressure" — grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of ha…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Fearlessness, Gift, endeavour, Courage, cultivating

“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Power, Corrupt, Fear, Losing, Loss

“Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Justice, Peace, civilization, Society, Right

“There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless 'law' is equated with justice and 'order' with the discipline of a people satisfied that justice has been done. Law as an instrument of state oppression is a familiar feature of totalitarianism. Without a popularly elected legislature and an indep…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Virtue, Law, order, Justice, Authority

“The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: measure, Justice, system, Protection, Guarantee

“The words 'law and order' have so frequently been misused as an excuse for oppression that the very phrase has become suspect in countries which have known authoritarian rule.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Law, order, Law and Order, excuse, misuse

“Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the anxious question is asked: will such an oppressive regime really give us democracy? And the answer has to be: democracy, like liberty, justice and other soc…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Hope, Optimism, irrepressible, premonition, Deep

“Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Authoritarianism, regime, Totalitarian, free thought, idea

“Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it. Human life therefore is infinitely precious.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Man, Potential, ability, Realize, Truth

“It is a strong argument for democracy that governments regulated by principles of accountability, respect for public opinion and the supremacy of just laws are more likely than an all-powerful ruler or ruling class, uninhibited by the need to honour the will of the people, to observe the traditional…”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: argument, Democracy, Government, Politics, politician

“It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Undeniable, Easy, Ignore, Hardship, Difficulty

“While a private individual may be bound only by the formal vows that he makes, those who govern should be wholly bound by the truth in thought, word and deed.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: private, Life, Individual, Society, civilization

“The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Ruler, leader, Government, Head, Individual

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: Root, Misfortune, Unfortunate, event, Failing

“That is the kind of evil practice which would cause the people to lose their dignity and honor. The people should demonstrate clearly and distinctly their capacity to forgive.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: practice, Evil, Bad, Cause, People

“There is a sort of gulf between the older and younger generations. This gulf will have be bridged. There is the feeling that the older and younger generations are quite apart from each other. This is something that should not happen. Whether young or old the entire people should be united.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: gulf, Divide, Distance, rift, older

“If a people or a nation can reach their objectives by disciplined and peaceful means, it would be a most honourable and admirable achievement.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: People, nation, Reach, objective, Discipline

“People should be disciplined and united to demonstrate the very fact that they are a people who can be disciplined and united.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: People, Discipline, United, demonstrate, fact

“Revered monks and people. This public rally is aimed at informing the whole world of the will of the people”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com

Tagged: revered, monks, Religion, Religious, public