The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.

You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined to north India, Christianity to a narrow tract in the Middle East and Islam to Arabia.

There's a certain age when your height stops growing and you cannot change that. This sort of body growth cannot be fixed. But there are many things that can be changed. You might have a small body structure but there are opportunities to make yourself very fit and healthy. So we'll have to work hard in many aspects.