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Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.

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We must all work together if we are all to live together in unity and harmony.

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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.

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Agreeing to disagree is a prerogative only of those who live under a democratic system.

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The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.

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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.

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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.

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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

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It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.

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Real freedom is freedom from fear, and unless you can live free from fear you cannot live a dignified human life.

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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

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Unless we are free from fear we will not be able to give our children the kind of future that we would like them to have.

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As you look at me and listen to me, please remember the often repeated truth that one prisoner of conscience is one too many.

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If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.

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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation... was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.

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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.

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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.

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Calamities that are not the result of purely natural phenomena usually have their origins, distant and obscure though they may be, in common human failings.

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To view opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

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While a private individual may be bound only by the formal vows that he makes, those who govern should be wholly bound by the truth in thought, word and deed.

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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.

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We have to all come together and create unity out of diversity that the destiny that [we]build will be one that is right not just for now but for generations to come.

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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it. Human life therefore is infinitely precious.

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There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the night dew.

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To be forgotten. The French say that to part is to die a little. To be forgotten too is to die a little. It is to lose some of the links that anchor us to the rest of humanity.

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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

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It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

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Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as a challenge to combat.

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It is the love of ordinary people, in Burma, in Japan or anywhere else in the world, for justice and peace and freedom that is our surest defense against the forces of unreason and extremism...

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