Aung San Suu Kyi

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.

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

I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

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.

Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive.

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

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.

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

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

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.

I think when the people in Burma stop thinking about whether or not they're free, it'll mean that they're free.

If you do nothing you get nothing.

You cannot compromise unless people talk to you.

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.