Top 129 Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

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.

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents.