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Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now part of Malaysia and should be called Sri Lanka.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

We have this consolation, that it was the evident dispensation of God which brought us to this country; and still further, that if the world was all before us, where to choose our place of rest, we should not desire to leave Burmah.

As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.

I urge North Korea's leaders to reflect on Burma's experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation and opened the door to a far better future for its people.

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want for ourselves.

I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises.