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Quite a few people who are in the media and in control of the big money seem to want to see these Southeast Asian countries - and, in particular, Malaysia - stop trying to catch up with their superiors and to know their place.Collection: Mahathir
I achieved too little result from my principal task, the task of making my race a race that is respected, a race that is honourable, a race that is highly regarded.Collection: Mahathir
We want to defend the rights of Malaysians. We don't want to sell chunks of this country to foreign companies who will develop whole towns.Collection: Mahathir
Jewish stinginess and financial wizardry gained them commercial control of Europe and provoked anti-Semitism, which waxed and waned in Europe throughout the ages.Collection: Mahathir
Why do I want to remove Najib? I should have thought the whole world would know. This man steals money. Not a few hundred dollars, not a few thousand dollars - he stole billions of dollars, and that has been verified by investigations here in Malaysia and the U.S.Collection: Mahathir
You can be a liberal and accept same-sex marriage and all that, but that's your business.Collection: Mahathir
I resigned on my own, and during my time, the country enjoyed a period of great prosperity.Collection: Mahathir
I cannot accept this country being destroyed by selfish people who only think about themselves.Collection: Mahathir
I know I'm not popular with all the people. Remember, I am 'cruel' or a 'pharaoh.' That's all right. In politics, you get called all types of names.Collection: Mahathir
As far as Malaysia is concerned, Singapore is a foreign country.Collection: Mahathir
Looking back now, I realise why, as prime minister of Malaysia, I was described as a dictator. There were many things I did which were typically dictatorial.Collection: Mahathir
The biggest mistake that I have made in my life is choosing Najib.Collection: Mahathir
For me, to say I want to go to sleep and retire and prepare for my afterlife, I think that is very selfish.Collection: Mahathir
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.Collection: Mahathir
I'm followed everywhere - it has become normal for me.Collection: Mahathir
When you have a prime minister who is corrupt, then you can be sure that a country cannot be anything else but corrupt.Collection: Mahathir
I'm basically a creature of habit - I do practically the same thing every week, every day of every week: I go to the office, I meet people, I write, I read, and, of course, I give lectures.Collection: Mahathir
When the planes crashed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, Bush immediately identified what he thought was the true cause. It was because the Muslims were jealous of the freedom of the American people. It was because the Muslims were poor. This exposes a lack of understanding of things on his part.Collection: Mahathir
Australia is not a safe place.Collection: Mahathir
We say less things about Australians than Australians say about us, calling me a dictator, authoritarian government.Collection: Mahathir
We all abhor terrorists, but we have to treat them as dangerous to all of us, not to any one particular country.Collection: Mahathir
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.Collection: Mahathir
There are certain things that we can deal with by following the rules. But at times, we find the rules restrict you from doing the right things. On such occasions, we have to rethink - either you change the rules or break the rules.Collection: Mahathir
The West is very impatient. You want overnight change.Collection: Mahathir
Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war.Collection: Mahathir
Whenever I am asked who I admire most among the leaders I have met, I have no hesitation in naming Nelson Mandela.Collection: Mahathir
I was forced to say, 'I will not censor the Internet.' But I was never convinced.Collection: Mahathir
I don't believe that you should punish the people of Iraq because you don't like their leader. Saddam Hussein is not being punished. He's fat, and he is eating enough food and living in palaces. But his people are punished by denying them food and medicine.Collection: Mahathir
We have had dealings with terrorists for a long time. From 1948 until 1990, we had domestic terrorism because the pro-communist groups wanted to overthrow the colonial government.Collection: Mahathir
If India is not too democratic, it will be like China in terms of development.Collection: Mahathir
Forcing some countries to accept democracy is something that should not be done.Collection: Mahathir
Running a democratic country is one of the most difficult things for any government.Collection: Mahathir
The thinning of the ozone layer is blamed on logging of tropical forests. The fact that the burning of fossil fuels and release of CFCs (chloro-fluoro-carbons) into the atmosphere occur largely in the rich countries are significantly ignored.Collection: Mahathir
The Internet has played a major role in undermining public morality.Collection: Mahathir
I don't care how sacred is freedom, but I think the time has come for governments, at least the Malaysian government, to censor the Internet.Collection: Mahathir
A heretic can be tolerated. But a heresy cannot.Collection: Mahathir
It would seem the people who want to preserve the Penans' way of life are condemning them to a life full of diseases and a shorter life span.Collection: Mahathir
If the countries of Europe and of North America can be almost uniformly prosperous, we don't see why we cannot be allowed to be a little prosperous.Collection: Mahathir
I want to leave UMNO because it is no longer UMNO. It is a party dedicated to supporting Mr. Najib, to protecting Mr. Najib, to upholding whatever it is that he does, including some of the wrong things that he has done. I cannot be a member of such a party.Collection: Mahathir