Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.

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

Please use your freedom to promote ours.

Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism.

Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.

Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.

The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.