Quotes By Aung San Suu Kyi

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.

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.

If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government.

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.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

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.

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

You cannot compromise unless people talk to you.