Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

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

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.

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.

Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.