We cannot be caught in the bond of suspicion. We have to carry out what we should be doing with a firm determination.

We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are respected, and where our people enjoy all the benefits of democratic institutions.

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all.

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