Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi,is a Burmese social democratic stateswoman, politician, diplomat and author who serves as the First and incumbent State Counsellor and Leader of the National League for Democracy. She is also the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and the Minister of President's Office in President Htin Kyaw's Cabinet, and from 2012 to 2016 was a Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Kawhmu Township...
NationalityBurmese
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth19 June 1945
CountryMyanmar
I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.
My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.
We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all.
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.
The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." (From a speech read on video on August 31, 1995 before the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China)
We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.
When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.
When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.
One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.
What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.
The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.
War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.