Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

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, i.e. 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.

I think when the people in Burma stop thinking about whether or not they're free, it'll mean that they're free.

Sanctions are one-sided, unilateral actions taken by some without any regard for the people,

Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.