I still oppose "Visit Myanmar Year," and I would ask tourists to stay away. Burma is not going to run away. They should come back to Burma at a time when it is a democratic society where people are secure - where there is justice, where there is rule of law. They'll have a much better time. And they can travel around Burma with a clear conscience.

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

In Burma, we need to find out what we have to do in order to keep the democratization process on track. Economic reforms have to be taken one by one. You see it's not just speed that's important, it's sequencing as well. You've got to get the speed right; you have to get the sequencing right.

Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.

It is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.