If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, even if you attract adverse comments from others.
I believe that every leader has a right to implement his own policy. But when I see things that are done that are not right - abuse of power, wrong approaches, wrong strategies, making use of foreign consultants, including those discarded by other countries - I feel that I have to have my say.
I don't care much whether people remember me or not. If people remember, well and good. If they don't remember, it's alright - I'm dead anyway.
The little Napoleons in UMNO try to keep out people who are more intelligent than themselves.
Justice is the most important thing. In a plural society like Malaysia, you cannot have two laws - one law for the Muslim, one law for the non-Muslim.
Planning means looking ahead.
There's no point in treating a currency like a commodity, devaluing it artificially and causing a lot of poverty among poor countries.
We have had dealings with terrorists for a long time. From 1948 until 1990, we had domestic terrorism because the pro-communist groups wanted to overthrow the colonial government.
In the eyes of the world, Malaysia has become a pariah state, a state where anyone can be hauled up and questioned by the police, detained, and charged through abusing laws of the country.
If we keep on raking up the past, you can never work with anybody. You will always be fighting against your enemies, and that is bad.
Independence means we enjoy freedom. We are not colonised by people. And we can govern our own country and develop it independently so that our people can live a better life.
The Internet has played a major role in undermining public morality.
It is always the right of the mighty which prevails over the weak, and that is very primitive.
There is no such thing as absolute freedom of the press, not even in the most advanced countries in the world. There are things you just don't say, because it will destabilise the environment.
The Jews are not merely hook-nosed but understand money instinctively.
A country without engineering skill and knowledge will never become a developed country.
The Chinese are welcome to invest in industries in Malaysia. But just as we would not welcome mass immigration of Indians or Pakistanis or Europeans or Africans into Malaysia, we have to adopt the same stance on Chinese immigration into Malaysia.
I assume that people react to things as I would react. For example, if you are nice to people, they should be nice to you.
Sudden change, even if it is for the good, is disruptive.
When developing countries go to the WTO and register their protest over things, they should be heard. Their views should be considered by the rich countries.
