I've always said that the most important thing is job creation. Jobs will earn people money and build self-confidence.

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

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.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

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

Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.

European and American companies companies do create jobs for some people but what they're mainly going to do is make an already wealthy elite wealthier, and increase its greed and strong desire to hang on to power. So immediately and in the long run, these companies - harm the democratic process a great deal.