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Aung San Suu Kyi

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simp

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People naturally desire freedom, and even if they accept being controlled or oppressed for a while, eventually they reach a breaking point. At that moment, they take unexpected actions to change their situation, actions they never imagined they would take before.

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