Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.

I do not like to encourage personalized politics, so we would not like it to be thought that just because certain political personalities were attacked, this means the situation is very grave. The true gravity of the situation comes from the fact that ordinary members of the NLD are repressed all the time. We don't want a completely paralyzed political organization, while a select few leaders are protected by international attention.

Agreeing to disagree is a prerogative only of those who live under a democratic system.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

It is not a sacrifice, it's a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word.