Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free.

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

I've always said that the most important thing is job creation. Jobs will earn people money and build self-confidence.

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

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. If either or both sides insist on getting everything that they want - that is to say 100 percent of their demands to be met, then there can never be a settlement.

We have been making constant efforts, all the time, to start dialogue with the SLORC, but you know it takes two. We don't want a monologue. We would like a substantive political dialogue among the SLORC, political leaders including myself, and leaders of ethnic groups-exactly as stipulated in the U.N. General Assembly resolution on Burma.