Frases de Mahathir bin Mohamad

Político malaio, Mahathir bin Mohamad foi Primeiro-Ministro de seu país por mais de 22 anos, de 16 de Julho de 1981 a 31 de Outubro de 2003, quando abdicou.

Muçulmano e defensor da causa palestiniana, Mahathir tornou-se uma figura polêmica no Ocidente em face de suas frequentes declarações acerca de Israel e dos judeus, especialmente aquando da crise financeira de 1997 na Ásia. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. Julho 1925
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Mahathir bin Mohamad: Frases em inglês

“We must rid ourselves of Najib as prime minister”

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's move to oust Prime Minister Najib Razak, quote above read from a joint statement endorsed by heavyweights from the ruling party, opposition, and top civil society groups, quoted on Channel News Asia, "Dr Mahathir movement will be bad for country: Malaysia Foreign Affairs Minister" http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/dr-mahathir-movement-will/2575782.html, March 5, 2016.
Contexto: We call upon all Malaysians, irrespective of race, religion, political situation, creed or parties, young and old, to join us in saving Malaysia from the government headed by Najib Razak. We must rid ourselves of Najib as prime minister. If he’s allowed to go on, the damage will be worse and worse.

“We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right.”

Fonte: December 2005. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/11/nation/12838957&sec=nation

“We will shoot [any Vietnamese migrants] on sight.”

on how Malaysia would deal with refugees from Vietnam fleeing the Sino-Vietnamese War.
Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things [Vol I]

“To be known you have to be a little bit nasty. In any case, I'm nasty only toward governments. I'm not nasty towards business people.”

As quoted by The Financial Review, 19 November 1993.
Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things [Vol I]

“What concerns me right now is that with the actions of Dr Mahathir, who is a lauded statesman and a beloved international icon, the country could become unstable, driving away foreign investors from this nation at the same time. As a former Prime Minister, he should be more understanding of what democracy is, which cannot be achieved the way Dr Mahathir is going about it now.”

Malaysia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Anifah Aman said in a statement on Saturday (Mar 5) that he was both surprised and disappointed with Dr Mahathir, quoted on Channel News Asia, "Dr Mahathir movement will be bad for country: Malaysia Foreign Affairs Minister" http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/dr-mahathir-movement-will/2575782.html, March 5, 2016.

“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 without caring about human rights.”

on Australia and its perceived political interference in Southeast Asia.
Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things [Vol I]

“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.”

December 2005, on his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's Parliamentary majority of 92%. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/11/nation/12838957&sec=nation

“When one is short, one should stand on a box to get a better view. The Twin Towers is [sic] to our ego what the box is to the shorties.”

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.

Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things [Vol I]

“He has no close friends that I know of.”

Daim Zainuddin, as quoted in <i>Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things</i>, Vol I https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789834359607.

“I believe that if that bastard leaves, we then won't be bastardised.”

in reference to Prime Minister Najib Razak during a speech at Pasir Gudang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFd_fCF5CdM on 29 August 2015. Previously, Najib Razak had warned that Malaysian Malays would be "bastardised" were UMNO to lose power in the government, raising controversy by using a swear word (Malay "bangsat", loosely translated as "anus") in his speech.

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

Bush and Blair, 'children killers', PressTV, 09 Oct 2007 http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=26422&sectionid=3510203,