Mahathir Mohamad Quotes

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

Mahathir Mohamad (born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician who was the country's Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020.

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Pen Names: Tun M • Dr M • Chedet

Native Name: Mahathir bin Mohama • Mahathir bin Mohamad

Alternative Names: Father of Modern Malaysia • Che Det • 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia • Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad • YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad • Tun Dr Mahathir • Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad • Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad • Dr Mahathir Mohamad • Dr. Mahathir • Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad • Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad • Mahathir Mohamed • Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mohamed • Tun Mahathir • Mahathir bin Muhammad • Mohamed Mahathir • Datuk Seri Mahathir • Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir • Dr. M • @chedetofficial • 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia • 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia

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It is disgraceful that you should be used by adults for the purpose of trying to shame us ... The timber industry helps hundreds of thousands of poor people in Malaysia. Are they supposed to remain poor because you want to study tropical animals? Is your study more important than filling the stomachs of poor people? Are Malaysians expected to lose millions of pounds so that you can study animals? [...] I hope you will tell the adults who made use of you to learn all the facts. They should not be too arrogant and know how best to run a country…

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.