Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes

In 'Profiles in Courage,' my grandfather, John F. Kennedy, praised leadership that put country above party, elevated principles over petty politics and promoted progress before personal interests.

I'd always step up to the mark to serve the people of the country.

I'm not an ambitious person, there is no ambition in my life. I have a mission in my life. And my mission is to serve my country. And when I am working for my state, it means I am working for my country, or my nation.

If I don’t get elected? Great. The Republic will live on

Not everybody goes to government to serve themselves and not their country.

My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am.

People know Modi did not do anything for himself. Whatever he has done is for people and the country.

Love or affection towards an individual or nation, is indicated by good action snot merely be words. The adoration towards nation is expressed by works of welfare equally done by the ruler and theruled. The ruler himself must be engatged, in welfare of th country and also should select officials examining their involvement with the public god. Self-centered people greedy of the power should be kept away

No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.

I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.

We should all spend some time of our life doing service to our country. To me, I would give up a couple of years.

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

I've met so many people of my son's generation who think a sacrifice is when their satellite or Internet is out for a day and that the country owes them something. That old J.F.K. quote about 'what you can do for your country,' doesn't even seem to apply to so many people.

Public before private and country before family.

In the great fulfillment, we must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it, and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.

Fearing that I am regarded as an obstacle to establishing the Republic on a firm base of happiness, I remove myself from the high office to which you were good enough to elevate me... My one desire has been to contribute to your liberty... The Republic will be happy if, accepting my resignation, you name a president beloved of all the nation... Hear my prayers. Save the Republic. Save my glory, which is Columbia’s.

We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination.

My father took one of the toughest jobs in the government because he cared about his nation more than himself. His courage and conviction have always driven me to want to make a difference.

Sacrifice is a leader who puts the needs of millions of others before his own, who can forgo ego and pride in order to do what he promised he would. It's rising above pettiness and partisanship for the good of the country.

Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.

When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.