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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, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.
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, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.
Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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- Aung San Suu Kyi
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- Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Aung San Suu Kyi: documented birth year 1945; activity date not established. Wikidata Q36740, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36740 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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