The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
What we are lacking in Burma is an independence effective judiciary, and unless we have all three of the democratic institutions -… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We have been making constant efforts, all the time, to start dialogue with the SLORC, but you know it takes two. We… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Lasting solutions are always difficult to come to. But they will have to persevere. I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In Burma, we need to find out what we have to do in order to keep the democratization process on track. Economic… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is essential to institute a legal framework that would ensure justice and improve the quality of life in Burma immediately, because… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Burma is not yet a full-fledged democracy. We have started working on the road to full democracy. We have a lot of… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Burma wants to have good relations with our neighboring countries, China and India. I do believe the United States itself wants to… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In Burma, under the present Constitution, the Army can always take over all parts of government if they think this is necessary.… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is incorrect to say there have been no reforms at all in Burma; there have of course been reforms, but we… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I think there's a need for the participation of the military for the stability of the transformation period of Burma. If the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In Burma, our main goal in amending the constitution is not to phase out the military from politics. Our main point is… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is the love of ordinary people, in Burma, in Japan or anywhere else in the world, for justice and peace and… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“In one of her letters she writes: Some have questioned the appropriateness of talking about such matters as metta (loving-kindness) and thissa (truth) in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
