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• "in an event hailed as outstanding - in the entire history of the Nobel prizes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy campaigner - delivers her acceptance speech !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "for her peace prize - in Oslo's City Hall - more than two decades after she was awarded !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "because at that time she had been under house arrest - by Burma's military !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was left to her two sons, Alexander and Kim, to travel to Norway - to receive the peace prize that year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "able to travel freely after 21 years - Aung San Suu Kyi stands in front of a packed hall !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in which Norwegian dignitaries are rubbing shoulders - with Buddhist monks in saffron robes - and Burmese guests in traditional costumes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to deliver her acceptance speech - in a moment of high emotion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "commended in the original citation for her "non-violent struggle" - as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in recent decades !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the politician recalls with typical self-effacement - the moment at which she heard - she had been awarded the peace prize !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "I heard the news on the radio - one evening !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "my immediate reaction - to the announcement of the award at first was:  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "oh - so they've decided - to give it to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "it did not seem quite real - at that time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "she makes a wide-ranging - deeply personal lecture - which touches on her feelings of isolation under house arrest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the Buddhist concept of sacrifice - human rights - and her hopes for her country's future !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there was the house which was my world - there was the world of others !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "who also were not free - but were together as a community !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and there was the world - of the free !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "each was a different planet - pursuing its own separate course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "what the Nobel peace prize does is to draw me once again - into the world of other human beings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to restore a sense of reality - to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "this did not happen instantly, of course - but as the days and months went by !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and news of reactions to the award - came over the airwaves !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "I begin to understand the significance - of the Nobel prize !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and it makes me real - once again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but most important, the prize drawns - the attention of the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to the struggle for democracy - and human rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "when the Nobel committee awarded the peace prize to me - they were recognising !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that the oppressed and the isolated in Burma - were a part of the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they are recognising the oneness - of humanity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the Nobel peace prize opens up a door - in my heart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "when I am asked, why I am standing for democracy - it is because I believe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that democratic institutions - and practices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "are necessary for the guarantee - of human rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "when I joined the democracy movement in Burma - it never occurred to me that I might ever - be the recipient of any prize !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the prize - we are working for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "is a free - secure - and just society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "where our people are able - to realise their full potential !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the Freedom Speech by Aung San Suu Kyi - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the gift of speech is a very effective instrument - for human communication !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the ability to communicate enables us to establish links - across time and space !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to learn to understand different civilisations - and cultures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to extend knowledge both vertically and horizontally - to promote the arts and sciences !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it also helps to bridge gaps in understanding - between peoples and nations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to put an end to enmities - to achieve detente - to cultivate new fellowships !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "speech allows human beings to articulate - their thoughts and emotions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "words allow us to express our feelings - to record our experiences !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to realise our ideas - to push outwards the frontiers of intellectual exploration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "words can move hearts - words can change perceptions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "words can set nations and peoples - in motion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "words are an important part of the expression - of our humanness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to shackle freedom of speech and expression - is a basic right - to realise our full potential !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we have a responsibility to use our verbal skills - in the right way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the Ten Commandments in Buddhism include an injunction - against bearing false witness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "misusing the gift of speech to deceive or harm others - is generally seen as unacceptable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Buddhism teaches that there are four verbal acts - that constitute "tainted failure in living"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "uttering deliberate lies for one's own sake - for the sake of others - or for some material advantage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "uttering words that cause dissension - and speaking harshly and abusively !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "when speaking out against wrongs and injustices - would be disallowed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "society would be deprived of a vital impetus - towards positive change - and renewal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Desmond M. Tutu is the former Archbishop of Cape Town, in South Africa - and recipient of the Nobel peace prize !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "I think of my sister Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi - every day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "her picture hangs on the wall of my office - reminding me, thousands of miles away, on the situation in Burma !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "every day I ask myself - what can I do to end injustices - by the Burmese military ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and I pray that world leaders - ask themselves the same question !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "for the ones, that have not - perhaps their conscience will finally force them to act !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "humankind wants to live in freedom - and in peace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need that kind of moral - and principled leadership !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the Burmese generals fear Aung San Suu Kyi - and the principles she stands for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the universal demand for human freedom - cannot be suppressed for long !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "this is a universal truth - that autocrats have failed to understand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma - deserve nothing less !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "than our most strenuous efforts - to help them secure their freedom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we have seen that in the long run - goodness triumphs over evil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "we have witnessed democratic political transitions in South Africa - and elsewhere !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "evidencing that we live - in a moral universe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "sometimes a country has a wise - and good leadership !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there are more leaders - who have the goal - of wise leadership !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but sometimes a country was lacking - wise and good leadership !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "or, as in the case of Burma - the leadership was not able to lead !"

 

 

 

 

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• "because the military of Burma - had egocentric interests ! - ( also companies ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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