Some people say that we here have no freedom of religion, ... In reality, the people in that country are the ones who were forced to embrace a religion.

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

When I became Prime Minister, I looked back on what was done before – what were the policies and actions before – and I thought that I need to be critical if I’m going to do anything at all.

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

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

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.

The UN is hardly democratic.