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

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

People tend to respond more positively to the friendly approach than to confrontations. Pushed into a corner, even the weakest will fight.

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.

There are links among Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines on this. I believe Singapore too, although I don’t have the facts,

We had a casual chat. I was so inspired that I invited him to open A Beautiful Mind. … What do I know about the arts?

ASEAN must resist and reject such attempts at coercion,

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.

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,...

Human Rights and Globalisation

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

We must continue in our effort to hunt them down. They have detonated bombs in Indonesia, and if they can do that there, they can always do the same here,

as if these are the good old days when people can shoot Aborigines without caring for human rights.

I have always opposed the idea of Australia and New Zealand being in the group simply because Australia and New Zealand are not really East nor are they Asian.

The police have been generally blamed but we will have to find out in detail …surely we cannot blame the whole police force.

Australia is basically European and it has made clear to the rest of the world that it is the deputy sheriff for America. Therefore Australia’s views would represent not the East, but the views representing...

Sudden change, even if it is for the good, is disruptive. Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war even.

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

unable to accept the absolute freedom that you believe in. … One day perhaps we will be comfortable with your values, but for the moment we are not comfortable.

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

Islam is not just for the seventh century AD. Times have changed. Whether we like it or not, we have to change,

We liberalized because we believed in the free market,

If we do that and if we eliminate the causes for Muslims to resort to terror, God willing, even if terrorism cannot be wiped out altogether, at least it can be reduced, … We should...

Sanctions are hurting not Saddam Hussein, it’s hurting a lot of poor people, old people, pregnant mothers. You are not doing anything good by punishing them for something they are not responsible for.

Foreigners who once colonized us, who have done nothing to help us, these foreigners have no good intentions,

Businesses, large and small, have been bankrupted. The social well-being of the people has been disrupted.

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,

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

They must never claim they are the chosen people, who cannot be criticized at all,

I wish to announce I am resigning from UMNO and all positions in the National Front,

The West is very impatient. You want an overnight change,

Not our teaching. … Islam is not wrong, but the interpretations by our scholars can be wrong.

Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.