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

Malaysians, during the colonial period, were not given the top positions: we were always subordinate. Fortunately for us, the people who took over were mainly civil servants: people who were serving the Government.

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

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.

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.

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

Currency trading is unnecessary, unproductive and totally immoral. It should be stopped.