Friday, May 15, 2009

Quotes About Aung San Suu Kyi

"She has in every way possible emulated what her father stood for, which was for the right of the people to govern themselves and to have a free and democratic country. Her stubbornness is her strength."
— Josef Silverstein, a Burma expert at Rutgers University. (New York Times, June 19, 2005)

"We unequivocally condemn this attempt by the junta to cloak its continued detention of Suu Kyi in a veil of legitimacy."
— Jared Genser, an attorney for Suu Kyi. (Bloomberg, May 14, 2009)

"Suu Kyi's struggle is one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage in Asia in recent decades."
-Norwegian Nobel Committee, 1991

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