It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say something is just if it is not just.
I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.
I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that this is the only way we can maintain the dignity of our people.
The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want for ourselves.
I think when the people in Burma stop thinking about whether or not they're free, it'll mean that they're free.
The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.
What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.
I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.
This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.
People keep saying I've changed. I used to be confrontational. But I'm - I haven't changed. It was - it's just that circumstances have changed.
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.
Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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.
I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.
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.
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.