Top 129 Quotes by Aung San Suu Kyi

About Aung San Suu Kyi

These are some quotes by Burmese author Aung San Suu Kyi Activist, who was born on June 19, 1945.

There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait.

There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait.

Aung San Suu Kyi

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

Aung San Suu Kyi

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

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

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

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

Aung San Suu Kyi

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 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.

Aung San Suu Kyi

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

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

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

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

Aung San Suu Kyi

I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.

I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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