Burma Quotes - Page 2

• Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

  Maya Angelou

  Jealous, Mean, Night

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• I've got enough money to live where I want, but I don't want to move.Go out and have sexual adventures in Burma.

  Allen Ginsberg

  Moving, Adventure, Want

  Source: sensitiveskinmagazine.com

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• The best way to deal with AIDS is through education. So we need a really widespread AIDS education program. In fact, what we need in Burma is education of all kinds - political, economic, and medical. AIDS education would be just part of a whole program for education, which is so badly needed in our country.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Country, Political, Way

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• There have been many claims that [U.S.] sanctions have hurt Burma economically, but I did not agree with that point of view. If you look at reports by the IMF, for example, they make quite clear that the economic impact on Burma has not been that great. But I think the political impact has been very great and that has helped us in our struggle for democracy.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Hurt, Struggle, Thinking

  Source: www.voanews.com

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• Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.

  Chiang Kai-shek

  Giving, Fifty, Aviation

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• Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  People, Healthy, Competition

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• 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

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• Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they're never commemorated.

  Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

  War, Home, Men

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I can say with absolute confidence that the general public of Burma would be very little affected, if at all, by sanctions. So far, the kind of investments that have come in have benefited the public very little indeed. If you have been in Burma long enough, you will be aware of the fact that a small elite has developed that is extremely wealthy. Perhaps they would be affected, but my concern is not with them but with the general public.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Long, Littles, Facts

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• We have been making constant efforts, all the time, to start dialogue with the SLORC, but you know it takes two. We don't want a monologue. We would like a substantive political dialogue among the SLORC, political leaders including myself, and leaders of ethnic groups-exactly as stipulated in the U.N. General Assembly resolution on Burma.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Two, Effort, Leader

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• There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule].

  Thein Sein

  Race, Farming, British

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• But you'll notice, you will notice that Russia and China, invariably at the United Nations, move to block American action, to repress or hem in or punish other kinds of outlaw. Who stands behind Mugabi at the United Nations? Russia and China do. Who tried successfully to prevent the United Nations from speaking with one voice on its most signal violation of its resolutions, Iraq? Russia and China, again. North Korea the same. Burma the same.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Block, Moving, Russia

  Source: www.npr.org

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• For the past 10 years I have had the interesting experience of observing the development of Parkinson's syndrome on myself. As a matter of fact, this condition does not come under my special medical interests or I would have had it solved long ago. … The condition has its compensations: one is not yanked from interesting work to go to the jungles of Burma ... one avoids all kinds of deadly committee meetings, etc.

  Fuller Albright

  Past, Long Ago, Years

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• The problem in Burma is the problem in Egypt, the problem you refer to in Yemen, and the problem in a lot of these countries in the world: that you can get stuck in the process of transition, in what’s been called a competitive authoritarian… a pseudo democratic regime.

  Larry Diamond

  Country, Egypt, Transition

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• By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's courageous and spirited efforts to protect Burma's (Myanmar's) remaining tigers and establish the Hukawng Valley Reserve. It is hard to imagine a more passionate or exciting account of today's conservation challenges, or a more thoughtful rendering of life, death, and politics in Burma's most remote corners.

  Thant Myint-U

  Uplifting, Thoughtful, Effort

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• That cyclone in Burma? That was just me doing the dance to that annoying ass song.

  Zach Braff

  Song, Cyclones, Annoying

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• I will not leave Burma until the cross is planted here forever.

  Adoniram Judson

  Forever, Crosses

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• I think there's a need for the participation of the military for the stability of the transformation period of Burma. If the military and the people do unite together for the sake of our country, we can reach the development of our country in a very short time.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Country, Military, Thinking

  "From Prison to Parliament: Burma Pro-Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Seat in Landmark Vote", www.democracynow.org. April 2, 2012.

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• Burma wants to have good relations with our neighboring countries, China and India. I do believe the United States itself wants to live in harmony with China and India. That's why we have to lay down political policies that are fair for everyone.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Country, Believe, Political

  Source: www.voanews.com

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• I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Effort, Community, Democracy

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• Burma is not yet a full-fledged democracy. We have started working on the road to full democracy. We have a lot of things to do in order to build a democratic structure and to be become a full-fledged democracy.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Order, Democracy, Structure

  Source: www.voanews.com

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• The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  War, Important, Needs

  Source: www.voanews.com

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• In Burma, our main goal in amending the constitution is not to phase out the military from politics. Our main point is to put the constitution in line with international standards and norms.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Military, Goal, Phases

  Source: www.voanews.com

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• 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

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• India and Burma have been close friends since the days we were struggling for independence. And I'm a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and all those leaders of India's independence movement. I would like to believe the aspirations and hopes we shared in the past will continue to bind us in the future.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Believe, Struggle, Past

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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