Aung San Quotes


Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution. Let us join hands to try to create a peaceful world where we can sleep in security and wake in happiness.


Citations

Aung San Suu Kyi. "Nobel Lecture." NobelPrize.org, Nobel Prize Outreach, 16 June 2012.

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Aung San
Aung San
  • Born: February 13, 1915
  • Died: July 20, 1947
  • Nationality: Burmese
  • Profession: Politician, Soldier

Bogyoke Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. Aung San is the founder of the Myanmar Armed Forces, and is considered the Father of the Nation of modern-day Myanmar. He was instrumental in Burma's independence from British rule, but was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized.