“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.” Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, also known as Suu Kyi, is a political leader who changed the face of the Burmese government. When Suu Kyi returned to her home country to take care of her critically ill mother in 1988, she experienced great denial of human and civil rights and witnessed violent suppression of protesters, who also suffered lengthy imprisonment and torture. Suu Kyi took a stand in history by defying the military-ruled government controlled by General Ne Win. Through this stance, Suu Kyi would inspire immediate social change by forcing the government to respect human rights and realized a lasting political impact through the creation of a democracy in Burma.
Suu Kyi’s story started when she endured the many losses in her life, and one of the most painful ones was when she was only two years old. The assassination of her father, a political hero who helped gain independence for Burma, is now marked by a national holiday known as Martyr’s day, which not only honors Aung San himself, but also several other Burmese …show more content…
In this speech, Suu Kyi recalls Ghandi’s words: “‘The greatest gift for an individual or a nation…was abhya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from from the mind.’” From Ghandi’s words, Suu Kyi learns that the most important characteristic for a person or a country is courage. Suu Kyi urged, “Yet even under the most crushing state machinery, courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.” Suu Kyi implies that courage overpowers fear no matter what the circumstances are. Burmese retaliators, encouraged by her words, protested alongside Suu Kyi. She was their
Suu Kyi’s story started when she endured the many losses in her life, and one of the most painful ones was when she was only two years old. The assassination of her father, a political hero who helped gain independence for Burma, is now marked by a national holiday known as Martyr’s day, which not only honors Aung San himself, but also several other Burmese …show more content…
In this speech, Suu Kyi recalls Ghandi’s words: “‘The greatest gift for an individual or a nation…was abhya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from from the mind.’” From Ghandi’s words, Suu Kyi learns that the most important characteristic for a person or a country is courage. Suu Kyi urged, “Yet even under the most crushing state machinery, courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.” Suu Kyi implies that courage overpowers fear no matter what the circumstances are. Burmese retaliators, encouraged by her words, protested alongside Suu Kyi. She was their