“The people of Myanmar will go down in history for being a part of the formation of a new nation.”

—  Mahn Win Khaing Than

Source: Mahn Win Khaing Than (2022) cited in: " ‘I’ve never seen such solidarity… we expect the revolution to succeed this year’ – NUG Prime Minister https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/ive-never-seen-such-solidarity-we-expect-the-revolution-to-succeed-this-year-nug-prime-minister" in Myanmar Now, 22 January 2022.

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