Thought for the Day
“The only real prison is fear,
and the only real freedom is
freedom from fear.”
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
(1945-)
*Aung San Suu Kyi
Born: 19 June 1945 Rangoon, British Burma
A Burmese opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her release on 13 November 2010.
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