Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

In Burma, our main goal in amending the constitution is not to phase out the military from politics. Our main point is to put the constitution in line with international standards and norms.

Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism.

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

Calamities that are not the result of purely natural phenomena usually have their origins, distant and obscure though they may be, in common human failings.

Even if you feel fear, you still have to go ahead and do what you believe in.