322 Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

In spite of the open, laughing face that the Burmese presented to the world, the ingrained, if inarticulate, conviction of their own nationhood prevented them from truly admitting those they saw as ‘foreign’ into their inner sancturns.

Investment that only goes to enrich an already wealthy elite bent on monopolizing both economic and political power cannot contribute toward egalite and justice – the foundation stones for a sound democracy.

Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free.

But even amid such stirring events, those two scourges of Burmese politics, factionalism and jealousy, began to cast their shadow.

I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It’s widely known, everybody knows that.

One wants to be together with one’s family. That’s what families are about.

I wish people wouldn’t think of me as a saint – unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint’s a sinner who goes on trying.

Sometimes I didn’t even have enough money to eat. I became so weak from malnourishment that my hair fell out, and I couldn’t get out of bed.