More from Aung San Suu Kyi
- In Quest of Democracy (1991)
- Please Use Your Liberty to Promote Ours (1997)
The root of a nation’s misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.
In Quest of Democracy (1991)
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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.
The root of a nation’s misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.