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

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

In Burma, we have only about four percent of the people in our country who are (college) graduates. So can we not value the majority? No, we must. If we just value the graduates, then does that mean our people are not valuable? I don't believe that. What is important is we need right people in right positions.

Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

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