Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes About Suffering

Quotes about: Suffering

• War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. Wherever suffering is ignored, there will be the seeds of conflict, for suffering degrades and embitters and enrages.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  War, Suffering, Done

  Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. June 16, 2012.

• What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Political, Suffering, Prison

• Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Fire, Suffering, World

  "Suu Kyi gives Nobel speech in Norway, 21 years later". Interview with Laura Smith-Spark, www.cnn.com. June 16, 2012.

• If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Suffering, Trying, Way

  Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. June 16, 2012.

• It is man's vision of a world fit for rational, civilized humanity which leads him to dare and to suffer to build societies free from want and fear. Concepts such as truth, justice and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Compassion, Men, Justice

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

• A lot of the roads, bridges, railways, and such are built through the use of forced labor, and that is causing the people great suffering. What we put into this in the form of human suffering is not worth what comes out of it.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Bridges, People, Suffering

• I think corporations should give more attention to this suffering and should wait to invest until there is a responsible government in Burma. I do not think it is a good idea to separate economics from politics; in fact, I do not think economics can be separated from politics It's quite understandable that many business concerns think only about their own profits It's up to the public to put as much pressure as it can on these companies, through shareholder resolutions and public actions.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Thinking, Ideas, Responsible Government

• It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because the greatest suffering among the people at the moment is caused by lack of justice and lack of the rule of law.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Law, Justice, People

• 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.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Father, Struggle, People

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