I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

India and Burma have been close friends since the days we were struggling for independence. And I'm a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and all those leaders of India's independence movement. I would like to believe the aspirations and hopes we shared in the past will continue to bind us in the future.

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

You must remember that democracy is made up not only of the executive, but the legislature and the judiciary.