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.

The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.

At the moment I would like to emphasize the need for vocational training, for non-formal education in Burma to help all those young people who have suffered from a bad education. They have to be trained to earn their living. They have to have enough education vocational training to be able to set up respectable lives for themselves.

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

I'm feeling a little delicate.

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.