The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.

Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

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

Perhaps Singapore could learn from us a more relaxed way of life.

The best way to deal with AIDS is through education. So we need a really widespread AIDS education program. In fact, what we need in Burma is education of all kinds - political, economic, and medical. AIDS education would be just part of a whole program for education, which is so badly needed in our country.

Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.