Aung San Suu Kyi

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. ”

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. ”

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change. ”

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged. ”

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. ”

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. ”

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential. ”

I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment. ”

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. ”

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. ”