Quote
of
the
day
by
Au g
Sa
Suu
Kyi
Au g
Sa
Suu
Kyi,
Bu mese
leade
a d
Nobel
Peace
P ize
wi e ,
o ce
obse ved
that
passive
wishful
thi ki g
holds
o
eal
value
if
the e
was
o
actio
put
behi d
it.
She
stated
that
she
did
ot
believe
i
people
just
hopi g,
i sisti g
that
people
must
wo k
fo
what
they
wa t.
She
a gued
that
o
o e
has
a
ight
to
hope
without
e deavo ,
a d
that
t ue
cha ge
o ly
comes
whe
collective
wo k
is
focused
o
b i gi g
about
the
ecessa y
political
a d
social
co ditio s
fo
a
cou t y.
This
pe spective
was
ot
bo
f om
comfo table
academic
theo y.
It
was
fo ged
th ough
decades
of
i te se
political
st uggle,
pe so al
sac ifice,
a d
co f o tatio
agai st
o e
of
the
most
stubbo
milita y
dictato ships
of
the
mode
e a.
do ’t
believe
i
people
just
hopi g.
We
wo k
fo
what
we
wa t.
I
always
say
that
o e
has
o
ight
to
hope
without
e deavou ,
so
we
wo k
to
t y
a d
b i g
about
the
situatio
that
is
ecessa y
fo
the
cou t y,
a d
we
a e
co fide t
that
we
will
get
to
the
egotiatio
table
at
o e
time
o
a othe .”
Who
is
Au g
Sa
Suu
Kyi?
Bo
i
1945,
Au g
Sa
Suu
Kyi
was
the
daughte
of
Ge e al
Au g
Sa ,
the
atio al
he o
who
egotiated
Bu ma’s
i depe de ce
f om
B itish
colo ial
ule.
He
was
assassi ated
i
1947
whe
she
was
just
two
yea s
old.
G owi g
up
u de
the
shadow
of
he
fathe ’s
he oic
legacy,
she
moved
ab oad
fo
he
educatio ,
studyi g
philosophy,
politics,
a d
eco omics
at
the
U ive sity
of
Oxfo d.
She
eve tually
settled
i to
a
peaceful
academic
life
i
E gla d,
ma yi g
the
B itish
schola
Michael
A is
a d
aisi g
two
so s.
Fo
ma y
yea s,
he
co ectio
to
he
homela d
emai ed
mostly
pe so al
athe
tha
political.Eve ythi g
cha ged
i
1988
whe
she
etu ed
to
Ra goo
to
ca e
fo
he
dyi g
mothe .
He
a ival
coi cided
with
widesp ead
political
u est.
Lo gsta di g
public
f ust atio
with
milita y
ule,
pove ty,
a d
eco omic
misma ageme t
e upted
i to
massive
atio wide
p o-democ acy
demo st atio s,
k ow
as
the
8888
Up isi g.
Te s
of
thousa ds
of
stude ts,
mo ks,
a d
o di a y
citize s
took
to
the
st eets
dema di g
f eedom.
Recog izi g
he
u ique
positio
as
the
daughte
of
the
atio ’s
fou di g
fathe ,
the
p o-democ acy
moveme t
called
upo
he
to
le d
he
voice
to
the
cause.I
August
1988,
she
stood
befo e
a
c owd
of
half
a
millio
people
at
the
Shwedago
Pagoda
a d
delive ed
he
fi st
majo
political
speech,
calli g
fo
a
democ atic
gove me t.
Sho tly
afte wa d,
she
helped
co-fou d
the
Natio al
League
fo
Democ acy.
The
milita y
egime
espo ded
to
the
popula
p otests
with
b utal
viole ce,
killi g
thousa ds
of
demo st ato s,
a d
i
1989,
they
placed
Au g
Sa
Suu
Kyi
u de
house
a est.
Nobel
Peace
P ize
i
1991
Fo
the
ext
two
decades,
he
life
became
a
global
symbol
of
o viole t
esista ce.
Betwee
1989
a d
2010,
she
spe t
ea ly
fiftee
yea s
i
dete tio ,
mostly
co fi ed
to
he
family
home
o
U ive sity
Ave ue
i
Ra goo .
The
milita y
ju ta
offe ed
to
elease
he
o
the
co ditio
that
she
leave
the
cou t y,
but
she
efused,
k owi g
that
if
she
left,
she
would
eve
be
allowed
to
etu
to
lead
he
people.
This
decisio
came
at
imme se
pe so al
cost.
Whe
he
husba d
was
diag osed
with
te mi al
ca ce
i
the
late
1990s,
the
milita y
gove me t
de ied
him
a
visa
to
visit
he ,
a d
she
chose
ot
to
t avel
to
E gla d
to
see
him
befo e
he
died,
fea i g
pe ma e t
exile.Du i g
these
lo g
yea s
of
solita y
isolatio ,
he
philosophy
o
wo k
a d
hope
solidified.
She
ecog ized
that
ma y
people
i
Mya ma
we e
waiti g
fo
a
outside
mi acle,
whethe
f om
i te atio al
i te ve tio
o
a
sudde
cha ge
of
hea t
by
the
milita y
ge e als.
She
co ti ually
emi ded
he
followe s
that
f eedom
could
ot
be
wished
i to
existe ce.
I
he
view,
hope
without
actio
was
a
fo m
of
self-deceptio
that
allowed
people
to
avoid
the
difficult,
da ge ous
wo k
of
esisti g
ty a y.
T ue
hope
was
a
active
discipli e,
equi i g
daily
acts
of
cou age,
o ga izatio ,
a d
pe siste t
effo t,
eve
whe
p og ess
seemed
i visible.He
sta ce
made
he
a
i te atio al
figu e,
ea i g
he
the
Nobel
Peace
P ize
i
1991.
Whe
she
was
fi ally
eleased
f om
house
a est
i
2010,
she
led
he
pa ty
to
a
la dslide
victo y
i
the
2015
electio s.
Because
the
milita y-d afted
co stitutio
ba ed
a yo e
with
fo eig
family
membe s
f om
becomi g
p eside t,
she
assumed
the
ole
of
State
Cou sello ,
se vi g
as
the
de
facto
leade
of
the
civilia
gove me t.
Fall
of
Au g
Sa
Suu
Kyi
He
time
i
powe ,
howeve ,
b ought
i te se
global
sc uti y
a d
complex
mo al
comp omises.
He
i te atio al
eputatio
suffe ed
seve ely
whe
she
defe ded
Mya ma
agai st
cha ges
of
ge ocide
ega di g
the
milita y’s
viole t
campaig
agai st
the
Rohi gya
Muslim
mi o ity.
C itics
who
had
o ce
eve ed
he
as
a
mo al
ico
saw
he
defe se
of
the
milita y
as
a
bet ayal
of
huma
ights
p i ciples,
while
he
suppo te s
a gued
she
was
attempti g
to
p ese ve
a
f agile
democ atic
t a sitio
alo gside
a
still-powe ful
milita y.I
Feb ua y
2021,
the
milita y
staged
a othe
coup,
a esti g
Au g
Sa
Suu
Kyi
a d
t yi g
he
o
ume ous
politically
motivated
cha ges.
She
was
se te ced
to
decades
i
p iso ,
etu i g
o ce
agai
to
dete tio .Despite
the
tumultuous
shifts
i
he
political
jou ey,
he
wo ds
o
hope
emai
a
clea
stateme t
about
huma
age cy.
Hope
is
ot
a
emotio
that
falls
upo
us
while
we
wait
passively
fo
bette
ci cumsta ces.
I stead,
hope
is
somethi g
ea ed
th ough
effo t,
pe siste ce,
a d
co ti uous
labo
towa d
a
goal.
