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

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

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.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

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

Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.