My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The people have given me their support they have given me their trust and confidence. My colleagues have suffered a lot in order to give me support. I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

— Aung San Suu Kyi