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 accept things at face value, you cannot trust what you hear or see. Don't jump to conclusions without thinking.

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.

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

The UN is hardly democratic.

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 countries.

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