I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying.

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).

At this age, I should be leading a quiet life.