People need security of the mind. Why do they want democracy? Because it can give them freedom and security in a balanced way.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves – they can't depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

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.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.

Agreeing to disagree is a prerogative only of those who live under a democratic system.