I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

In a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Never let fear prevent you from doing right.

[T]here is a vast difference in the attitude of a man with a gun in his hand and that of one without a gun in his hand. When a man does not have a gun in his hand, or a woman for the matter, he or she tries harder to use his or her mind, sense of compassion, and intelligence to work out a solution.

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.