Listen to the full audio file of Dick Gordon's 1995 documentary for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Rangoon, Burma.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, is free today after 19 months under house arrest.
"It is not power that corrupts," says the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, "but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it. Fear of the scourge of power corrupts those Who are subject to it." In the 15 years she's been on the world scene, Aung San Suu Kyi has shown her own fearlessness.
Standing petite, passive, and powerful, despite guns aimed at her she campaigned in 1989 for a return to democracy. That led to an overwhelming political victory, which the generals who run Myanmar ignored, subjecting her to her first six years of house arrest. Now, she's back, fighting peacefully for democracy.
