For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world... Kindness can change the lives of people.

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.

Sometimes I didn't even have enough money to eat. I became so weak from malnourishment that my hair fell out, and I couldn't get out of bed.

In Burma, we need to find out what we have to do in order to keep the democratization process on track. Economic reforms have to be taken one by one. You see it's not just speed that's important, it's sequencing as well. You've got to get the speed right; you have to get the sequencing right.

What we are lacking in Burma is an independence effective judiciary, and unless we have all three of the democratic institutions - strong and healthy, we cannot say that our democratic processes (is complete).