There is no hope without endeavor.

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.

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times.

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.