Aung San Suu Kyi Want Quotations

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

One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about.

I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.

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.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves – they can't depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

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

I worry that even those who want to reform are not quite sure how to go about it. There is so much to be done.

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.