Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the anxious question is asked: will such an oppressive regime really give us democracy? And the answer has to be: democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not 'given', it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.


In Quest of Democracy (1991)

Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the...

Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the...

Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the...

Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the...