The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.

The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.

If you feel helpless, go help someone.

The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude; you must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.

All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.