I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel te… — Quoted

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“I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.”

Aung San Suu Kyi · Courage

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Aung San Suu Kyi

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

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I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

Change

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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

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I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

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