If the restrictions on the work of my party and on me personally are not removed in the very, very near future - that is in a matter of days - I think the United States should start thinking seriously of sanctions. This is really about as bad as it has ever been.

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

I do not believe that I'm sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I'm demanding returns for my investments. I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I'm willing and able to pay for the consequences.

It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because the greatest suffering among the people at the moment is caused by lack of justice and lack of the rule of law.

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

All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.