Mahathir Mohamad Quotes

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

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#2. History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children or as the lying prime minister and president.

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#3. If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.

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#4. The Malays are spiritually inclined, tolerant and easy-going. The non-Malays, and especially the Chinese, are materialistic, aggressive and have an appetite for work. For equality to come about, it is necessary that these strikingly contrasting races adjust to each other.

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#5. 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.

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

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#7. Currency trading is unnecessary, unproductive and totally immoral. It should be stopped.

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

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#9. 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.

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#10. I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.

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