The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

We must all work together if we are all to live together in unity and harmony.

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.

Please use your freedom to promote ours.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely "tolerated", they are valued.

As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.