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"We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves."
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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."
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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."
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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."
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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."
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"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."
People
"We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves."
People
"There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait."
Nation
"I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics."
Politics
"Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive."
Confidence
"We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun."
Change
"Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation."
Progress
"I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough."
People
"I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever."
Want
"When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people."
Money
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