Quotes from Aung San Suu Kyi

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.

In the end, I think people prefer the good to win rather than the bad.

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

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

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

I'm feeling a little delicate.

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

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

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

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

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.

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

Perhaps Singapore could learn from us a more relaxed way of life.

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

If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.

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

I don't want Burma to be a basket case forever.

To be forgotten, is to die a little.

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.

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.