What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.
For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.
Regime is made up of people, so I do put faces to regimes and governments, so I feel that all human beings have the right to be given the benefit of the doubt, and they also have to be given the right to try to redeem themselves if they so wish.
I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means.
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.
Books always help.
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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.
Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.
I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough.
Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.
When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people.
We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country.
Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.
I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.
We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.
I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do.
