Mahathir Mohamad Quotes

"We will not take any action or support this action,"

"It shows that we are tough. We had promised to take action against terrorists, whether they are locals or foreigners creating trouble in our country, we detained them,"

"For agreeing to that, I think we should take action to lift sanctions,"

"that he was prepared to step down after 17 years as prime minister of Malaysia, once the economy stabilizes."

"exposing their evil intent when it introduced the concept of globalization and a borderless world."

"The economic crisis has impoverished ASEAN economies and undermined national stability,"

"That is their system. It is not corruption at all."

"Despite the less than favourable external environment, growth is estimated at 5.0 percent for 2005,"

"Until the international community agrees on an international regime that will remove the kind of dangers we have been exposed to, we will have to continue with our controls."

"I'm not going to lose any sleep, ... I still believe that he's guilty. My conscience is clear."

"I'm not going to lose any sleep ... My conscience is clear,"

"It is the good life that democracy brings that counts, not democracy per se."

"This means that democracy will not exist and dictatorship by foreign powers with their puppet governments will be the system of the world."

"He did not raise anything about democracy or human rights in Malaysia,"

"If that is everybody's desire we will have to consider it,"

"example of selfless devotion to charity. I hope she can be a good example to all charity workers and philanthropists."

"We can predict that in the future, the borders of independent nations will be breached at the whims and fancies of the superpowers,"

"It is Indonesia's problem and we hope whatever they do brings good to Indonesia,"

"It is true that somebody paid but it was not the (Malaysian) government. I understood some people paid a sum of money to lobbyists in America but I do not know who these people were, and it was not the Malaysian government."

"By and large, I think other members of the U.S. government understand the way we deal with our problems in Malaysia."