Aung San Suu Kyi Quote

The unhappy legacies of authoritarianism can be removed only if the concept of absolute power as the basis of government is replaced by the concept of confidence as the mainspring of political authority: the confidence of the people in their right and ability to decide the destiny of their nation, mutual confidence between the people and their leaders and, most important of all, confidence in the principles of justice, liberty and human rights.


In Quest of Democracy (1991)


The unhappy legacies of authoritarianism can be removed only if the concept of absolute power as the basis of government is replaced by the concept...

The unhappy legacies of authoritarianism can be removed only if the concept of absolute power as the basis of government is replaced by the concept...

The unhappy legacies of authoritarianism can be removed only if the concept of absolute power as the basis of government is replaced by the concept...

The unhappy legacies of authoritarianism can be removed only if the concept of absolute power as the basis of government is replaced by the concept...