Aung San Suu Kyi

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun. ”

I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems. ”

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. ”

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. ”

People must work in unison. ”

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it. ”

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world. ”

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics. ”

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation. ”

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. ”