If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
— Aung San Suu Kyi Contemporary

Myanmar democracy leader

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Approx. 2010s

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Humorous

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