People should be concerned about installing a more sensible, responsible government. What we [the burmese] need is a government that is accountable and transparent, so that the people know what it is doing and can judge for themselves whether or not they like what is being done.

I think corporations should give more attention to this suffering and should wait to invest until there is a responsible government in Burma. I do not think it is a good idea to separate economics from politics; in fact, I do not think economics can be separated from politics It's quite understandable that many business concerns think only about their own profits It's up to the public to put as much pressure as it can on these companies, through shareholder resolutions and public actions.

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture.

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

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.