Mahathir Mohamad Quotes
born 1925
Also known as: Mahathir bin Mohamad, Mahathir bin Mohamed
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I believe that if that bastard leaves, we then won't be bastardised.
Only when Islam is interpreted so as to be relevant in a world which is different from what it was 1,400 years ago can Islam be regarded as a religion for all ages.
Islam and the West (1993)
We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right.
This is one way for us to live an active lifestyle, by walking. If we can follow this, we will be healthier.
Japan’s greatest asset is human resource in the form of disciplined, hard working people.
The development of good relationship between our two countries is also a task for the leaders as well as of the people.
History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children or as the lying prime minister and president.
However to be truly profitable local films must be good enough to be shown outside of this country.
The continued existence of the white regime [in South Africa] is an insult to the whole human race.
For Malaysia and other developing countries it is a case of 'heads I lose, tails you win' all the time.
Everyone should instill in himself a sense of responsibility both to himself and to his country.
Not being known in America is actually a good thing — it means that we are peaceful and stable.
Only the most primitive of the discarded industries will find a place in the developing world.
It is pointless for leaders to urge others to do good if they themselves do not practise what they preach.
The recession is a man-made recession, cooked up in the capitals of some powerful industrialised countries.
To lead by providing good examples is the most effective way to ensure that good deeds are practised by all.
We most certainly do not want to continue to be the plantations and mines for Europe or the rest of the world.
The small Third World countries, the silent majority as it were, must no longer be silent.
We should not allow that dilemma to be solved politically, especially by people with rather dubious credentials.
Israel continues to propagate the myth of the non-existence of the Palestinian people.