"In reality, from her earliest childhood, Suu has been deeply preoccupied with the question of what she might do to help her people. She never for a minute forgot that she was the daughter of Burma's national hero Aung San." [9]
Michael Aris
“She brought me up as she thought my father would have. Her strength was above normal. Sometimes I think by nature she was braver than my father. I think my father, like me, had to learn to be brave. My mother was afraid of nothing.” [13]
Aung San Suu Kyi
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"These were very precious memories [while at Oxford] because I had lived a happy life and this made me understand so much better the young people in Burma who wanted a happier life, but were never given an opportunity to lead one." [14] In 1964, she moved to England to pursue a degree in politics, economics, and philosophy from Oxford University. Oxford offered relief from her childhood, giving her the opportunity to reflect upon the treatment of her fellow Burmese. While attending college, she met her husband, Michael Aris, and created a life in England.
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"I only ask one thing, that should my people need me, you would help me do my duty by them. . . Sometimes I am beset by fears that circumstances and national considerations might tear us apart just when we are so happy in each other that separation would be a torment." [15]
Aung San Suu Kyi, 1971