Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.

There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the night dew.

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

There can be no civil peace without the rule of law.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves – they can't depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.