Even in South Africa, the Commonwealth were not doing anything, and their attitude was to tolerate apartheid in South Africa. There was a lot of lip ….

We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right..

I'm a fundamentalist in the true sense. That is to say, I follow the fundamentals of religion... But for over 1,400 years people have been interpreti….

No one should have extra influence on an organisation. We should always regard ourselves as equals in the organisation, and we should be concerned ab….

I not only think but also look and study things carefully. When I travel around, I look at things carefully, make comparisons of what I see. I don't ….

I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere..

If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious..

Any organisation has a future, provided it is properly led and it sticks to the objective of that organisation..

I cannot keep quiet even when I am a lone voice..

If you know each other well, you want to do business with people you know well. You don't do business with strangers..

Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused..

When you have elections in which 90% or 95% or 99% of those elected come from one party, then I think there is some fraudulent act..

The Malays are spiritually inclined, tolerant and easy-going. The non-Malays, and especially the Chinese, are materialistic, aggressive and have an a….

Membership of an organisation is good, as long as you can make yourself heard..

The Commonwealth is a mixture of developing and developed world, in which the developed countries were very influential and their policies hold sway ….

Once started, religious strife has a tendency to go on and on - to become permanent feuds. Today we see such intractable inter-religious wars in Nort….

I know the situation of the Commonwealth generally, and I know that the aim should be to make the Commonwealth much more relevant to the poorer count….

Most developing countries would know Malaysia quite well. Why? It is because we believe in contacts. We offer them some help for training, for exampl….

I thought that the United Nations is a creature of the five super-powers who were given veto powers. I don't like veto powers at all..

Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations of their ….

Actually, I invited many Commonwealth leaders to come to Malaysia. They did not accept my invitation. By that, I mean, they didn't say they didn't ac….