The Malays are spiritually inclined, tolerant and easy-going. The non-Malays, and especially the Chinese, are materialistic, aggressive and have an appetite for work. For equality to come about, it is necessary that these strikingly contrasting races adjust to each other.

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

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

No one should have extra influence on an organisation. We should always regard ourselves as equals in the organisation, and we should be concerned about each other's problems.

History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children, or as the lying prime minister and president.

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

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 service being paid to the need to stop this practice, but nothing was done.