My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

Human rights and rule of law are inseparably connected.

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

What we are lacking in Burma is an independence effective judiciary, and unless we have all three of the democratic institutions - strong and healthy, we cannot say that our democratic processes (is complete).

As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.

I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.

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.