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.

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

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi

If you do nothing you get nothing.

If you do nothing you get nothing.

Aung San Suu Kyi

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

Aung San Suu Kyi

We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.

We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

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

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