Currency trading is unnecessary, unproductive and totally immoral. It should be stopped.
Mahathir MohamadDeveloping countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused.
Mahathir MohamadActually, 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 accept, but they just didn't come here.
Mahathir MohamadI 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.
Mahathir MohamadI 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 countries.
Mahathir MohamadKnowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations of their gods. The waters in the irrigation canals of the great Indus Civilisation did not flow according to the laws of ignorance. Knowledge has always been power and wealth.
Mahathir Mohamad