[...] [E]very citizen has to avoid any activities and speeches that harm the image of the country and interests of the people.

There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule].

Vote for the USDP because only the USDP can bring peace and tranquility to the country-only vote for the USDP, don't vote for the wrong people.

The cover story of the magazine [TIME magazine] depicting a few individuals who are acting contrary to most Myanmar, is creating misconceptions of Buddhism.

Ye are fallen from grace.

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.

God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.

Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.

I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell

I will tell you, as president, I'm not going to be neutral. America will stand unapologetically with Israel.