Aung San Suu Kyi

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

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.

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.

A family is very special. So when a family splits up, it's not good, it's never good.

One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about.

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

The people have given me their support; they have given me their trust and confidence. My colleagues have suffered a lot in order to give me support. I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

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.

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.