Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture.

Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free.

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.

I've always said that the most important thing is job creation. Jobs will earn people money and build self-confidence.

I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.

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