Young people drift away from society because, in many cases, they have no hope or goals. So, hope will have to be given to the young.

It's very difficult to have any faith in the sincerity of the SLORC about stamping out drug production if they find it so easy to forgive a drug baron whom at one time they said they would never, never forgive and would never, never regard as anything but a drug runner. The SLORC is far more aggressive in its attitude toward the National League for Democracy than against drug traffickers.

The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.