Burma is located between China, India, and South East Asia. So it is quite natural that a country wanting diplomatic relations with our country would pay attention to who our regional neighbors are. It is not at all fair to ask a country to build relations with Burma but not take into account the situation in China. There is no way to think that taking the Chinese situation into consideration shows a disregard for Burma.

There is no hope without endeavor.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

Kindness can change the lives of people.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.