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Security, freedom, dignity, if we had these three we could say that it has been worth while being born into this world and I would like all the young people of Burma and young people all over the world to be able to feel that it was right that they have been born into this world.

— Aung San Suu Kyi Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)

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