A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.