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 would like to have seen my sons growing up.
I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.
I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.
I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.
I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.
Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.
After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.
I'm rather inclined to liking people.
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.
I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.
The French say that to part is to die a little. To be forgotten too is to die a little. It is to lose some of the links that anchor us to the rest of humanity.