Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
Suu Kyi, Aung San. Freedom from Fear and Other Writings. Penguin Books, 1991, p. 174.
He was a leading scholar of Freedom of Speech. As such he was described by the demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy as "dangerous" to the United States.
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the president of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since 2011, having been the General Secretary from 1988 to 2011. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s.