"We must condemn aggressors for their misdeeds, and do all within our means to undo the damage. While violence is not a part of our creed, there are other weapons that will serve us just as well."

"Clearly then interdependence means interdependence. It does not mean dependence of the weak on the strong."

"Compared to other multi-racial nations, the racial understanding and harmony in this country is something all Malaysians can be proud of."

"Let us sacrifice for our religion and our nation, as this will bring lasting benefits."

"Those who give priority to short-term gains are most often involved in corruption and irregularities."

"We say that we are progressing with “deliberate speed”. We want to build a structure, brick by brick, so that the final edifice will stand the test of time."

"The Vietnamese forces in irresistible strength marched into Kampuchea and installed a puppet regime. And having done so, the Vietnamese army stayed on to prop up that regime."

"We have stopped believing in altruism long ago."

"I emphasised not only on the heart-to-heart diplomacy, but also the mind-to-mind technology transfer, and hand-in-hand cooperation in building the existing relationship into a mutually beneficial and long lasting one."

"The market that we form, and potentially it is a rich market, is not there simply for you to exploit. But you may share that market if you are willing to share what you have in abundance i.e. technological know-how, capital, management and marketing skills."

"That the Kampuchean refugees are willing to join up with the Coalition Government led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk proves beyond any reasonable doubt that they do not want the Heng Samrin regime or his Vietnamese backers."

"Protectionism is, needless to say, contrary to free trade."

"As Muslim countries we cannot but share the anguish of our brethren in West Asia."

"We most certainly do not want to perpetuate our manufacturing sectors at the lower ranges of the scale of world technology."

"One important factor for effective transfer of technology is the employment and training of local staff at all levels. It would be to the advantage of the corporation that the staff consider themselves as an integral and vital part of this operation."

"Joint-venture enterprises on an international scale can pave the way not only for the transfer of needed technology for the industrialisation of developing countries, but more significantly they can ensure market outlets for products manufactured in developing countries."

"Guerillas and terrorists are good potential customers. Who cares what these people will do with the weapons? The important thing is volume and foreign exchange earnings."

"If the civil service cannot be relied on then the government will collapse, and there will be anarchy."

"Inequitable technology is a barrier to common progress. While the developing countries are at the early stages of applying known technologies, the advanced countries are progressing by leaps and bounds into higher technology and robotics."

"Technology is not an end in itself. It is a means to an end. And that end is the achievement of economic goals which in turn are to serve social and political purposes."

"Today’s equivalent of gunboat diplomacy is the balance of terror. It is quite fantastic to see how the big powers still believe that they can overcome each other with the number and the destructive capacity of the nuclear warheads at their disposal."

"We most certainly do not want to continue to be the plantations and mines for Europe or the rest of the world."

"Not being known in America is actually a good thing — it means that we are peaceful and stable."

"The two superpowers and the world cannot afford an escalation in nuclear rearmament. The discussions must go on no matter how difficult."

"It is not our intention to transform Malaysians into Japanese, or to give all contracts to the Japanese and Koreans through our Look East Policy. Rather what we have in mind is to encourage Malaysians to adopt the best of what the Japanese and Koreans have practiced in the development of their countries."

"These opportunities were, however, lost when Vietnam intervened militarily and occupied Kampuchea. This she did with the open support of the Soviet Union."

"We most certainly do not cherish the dubious honour that ASEAN holds as a world leader in the production of various raw commodities whose prices are often dictated by the tender mercies of market manipulators and close-shop trading systems in Europe and other parts of the world."

"The legitimacy of Democratic Kampuchea to represent Kampuchea here, and elsewhere, should not be disputed since the UN General Assembly has repeatedly, and with increasing majority, affirmed and recognised it."

"There is no problem that cannot be solved if the intention to reach compromise without sacrificing principles is present."

"That is why I have asked Malaysians to 'Look East' and to learn from Japan."

"What I have been exhorting is for Malaysians to emulate the Japanese in their work ethics and attitudes and their management system which, I think, is the main factor in Japan's rapid development and industrialisation."

"Together we would be laying the foundation for an enduring and meaningful relationship between our two countries and peoples."

"Malaysia which is the leading producer of a number of important raw materials such as rubber, tin, palm oil and tropical timber, is hard hit as a result of greatly reduced export earnings."

"Preventing the developing countries from industrialising is not doing anyone any good. Everyone is forced to pay high prices when there is an abundance of everything."

"Many developing countries need aid but a substantial number, and Malaysia is one of them, do not care for aid. They want trade, fair trade."

"The NICs are never ever going to displace you. They may in a few unsophisticated areas — and this will be to the good. But on the whole they are going to remain relatively backward."

"Some people think we are being quixotic. That is left to be seen."

"The NEP is one of the most liberal policies. Those who have decided to live with it have done extremely well."

"There is a lot wanting in the way policies are implemented, and economic administration is carried out."

"We do not intend to be the robots for foreign industry."

"The international environment is pregnant with possibilities of serious tension, conflicts, even unthinkable catastrophes for mankind."

"The Government may not accept all that you recommend, but we will not ignore your findings or your recommendations."

"We are constantly reexamining ourselves. An Economic Panel was set up recently for this purpose."

"The world is going through a very difficult period. The whole banking system is now being questioned and with it the financing of international trade and investments."

"We have no expectation of each other, and we make no demands on each other, beyond these shared interests and values. The positive aspects of our relationship and our shared interests and values far outweigh these occasional differences."

"High interest rates in a nation which lives on credit mean lowered consumption, lowered inventories and lowered investments."

"Malaysia is a free enterprise nation but its economy is subject to a variety of regulations as are all free enterprise economies."

"The only choice left to us is to make everyone equally unhappy... even the indigenous people are not getting all that they ask for, and are consequently just as unhappy and dissatisfied."

"We know we have difficult periods in front of us, but with care and reduced ethnic overtones, and by channelling our energy to productive uses we can bring our vision to reality."