This country stands out like a sore thumb trying to impose its European values in Asia as if the good old days when people can shoot aborigines witho… - Mahathir Mohamad

I believe that the country should have a strong government but not too strong. A two-thirds majority like I enjoyed when I was prime minister is sufficient but a 90% majority is too strong.

History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children or as the lying prime minister and president.

Clearly Islam the religion is not the cause of terrorism. Islam, as I said, is a religion of peace. However through the centuries, deviations from the true teachings of Islam take place. And so [people who call themselves] "Muslims" kill despite the injunction of their religion against killing especially of innocent people.