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Quotes from Aung San Suu Kyi

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
If you're feeling helpless, help someone.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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
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
All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
The first six years I was kept totally alone. The last six years I had two people staying in the house. The first six years really trained me very well.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
People need security of the mind. Why do they want democracy? Because it can give them freedom and security in a balanced way.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
— Aung San Suu Kyi