Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes About Human Rights

Quotes about: Human Rights

• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

• The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Peace

• Please use your freedom to promote ours.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Freedom, Use, Human Rights

• To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Views

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1997). “Letters From Burma:”

• Human rights and rule of law are inseparably connected.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, Law, Connected

  Source: www.voanews.com

• Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, People, Feelings

• Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Fear, People, Basic Human Rights

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

• If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Badass

  "At Lunch with Aung San Suu Kyi" by Cherno Jobatey, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2014.

• Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, Law, Ignored

  Source: www.voanews.com

• 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.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Peace, Men, Law

  "In Quest of Democracy". Essay by Aung San Suu Kyi, 1991.

• The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Country, Freedom, Two

  Opening Keynote Address video before the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China, gos.sbc.edu. August 31, 1995.

• The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Struggle, Rights, Political

  Aung San Suu Kyi's Opening Keynote Address at NGO Forum on Women, Beijing China, gos.sbc.edu. August 31, 1995.

• 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.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Integrity

• I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, Champion, Protect

• We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are respected, and where our people enjoy all the benefits of democratic institutions.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Rights, People, Trying

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• There are those who argue that the concept of human rights is not applicable to all cultures. We in the National League for Democracy believe that human rights are of universal relevance. But even those who do not believe in human rights must certainly agree that the rule of law is most important. Without the rule of law there can be no peace.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Believe, Rights, Law

• In a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Never let fear prevent you from doing right.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Real, Rights, Order

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