Quotes By Aung San Suu Kyi

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

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

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

No, I was never afraid.

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.

History is always changing.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

I knew some of the army quite well.

It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.

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.

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.

One should mature over 20 years.

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

People must work in unison.

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

I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.