Politician

As a doctor, you are out on call most nights, so you don't get continuous sleep, and that becomes something that is familiar to you. So, working hard doesn't bother me.

Independence means we enjoy freedom. We are not colonised by people. And we can govern our own country and develop it independently so that our people can live a better life.

Corruption is found everywhere. I admit there is some corruption in my staff - not me.

In Malaysia, trials have always been fair.

A lawyer wants to get his client off the hook. And even if he knows the client is guilty, he is going to find ways and means of getting him off the hook.

The Chinese are welcome to invest in industries in Malaysia. But just as we would not welcome mass immigration of Indians or Pakistanis or Europeans or Africans into Malaysia, we have to adopt the same stance on Chinese immigration into Malaysia.

When the British ruled Malaysia, they burnt millions of acres of Malaysian forests so that they could plant rubber.

I assume that people react to things as I would react. For example, if you are nice to people, they should be nice to you.

We believe that human rights always applies to the majority, who should have its rights protected. When people demonstrate and go to the streets, they deprive the majority from earning a living.

If Australia wants to be a friend of Asia, it should stop behaving as if it is there to teach us how to run our country.

Most Americans, I think, know very little about East Asia or Southeast Asia. American businesspeople who have been here, they are very knowledgeable about this area, but the average American? No.

I'm followed everywhere - it has become normal for me.

We all abhor terrorists, but we have to treat them as dangerous to all of us, not to any one particular country.

Democracy must be internally generated. You cannot force it from the top - it's not going to work.

In the eyes of the world, Malaysia has become a pariah state, a state where anyone can be hauled up and questioned by the police, detained, and charged through abusing laws of the country.

For me, to say I want to go to sleep and retire and prepare for my afterlife, I think that is very selfish.

Free press is not absolute. In this country, we say clearly if you start stirring up racial hatred, then we will put a stop to it. We might even close down your paper, because these things can only lead to a lot of riots and bloodshed.

When you have a prime minister who is corrupt, then you can be sure that a country cannot be anything else but corrupt.

I am saying that currency trading is unnecessary, unproductive, and immoral. It should be stopped. It should be made illegal.

It is not true at all that a free market will ensure a democracy. It doesn't. There must be a balance between a free market and some regulations which are essential in order to safeguard the interests of consumers and of people in general.