I 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.

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

The UN is hardly democratic.

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

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.

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.

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.