"To my mind, the key to assisting in the solution of problems that we have all over the world is education. We can talk a lot about how each and everyone needs to share in the problem of getting people out of poverty, but you can't do it if the mind is not developed."

"I do not want to speculate on whether certain individuals will be called or not, because corruption is not about speculations or expectations. It is more on facts."

"Those who commit no wrong have nothing to fear. Malaysia is a free country. We should not fear the midnight knock of the policeman."

"The people who bought the houses are from the lower income group and they have been waiting for their houses to be ready for the last 12 years."

"I have also directed the Kedah Public Works Department to immediately supply poped water to 50 households at Kilang Lama Village. They have been without this basiuc amenity for about 43 years."

"Jangan main-main"

"If they say that "We are second-class citizens", don't talk shit like that. You see, don't talk shit. I repeat, don't talk shit - three times! We the Malays have forgiven [sic] a lot for these people . We have sacrificed a lot of [our] interests ..."

"Problems happen because women cannot accept polygamy. What about doing a big campaign so that women can accept polygamy?"

"Those (from the Arab world) that support the US are socialists and Christians. So when we say Arab we must consider who is talking, in the media that belongs to who and which Arab? Don’t be easily swayed by what they said"

"We have our own laws, rules and culture. That is why we don’t need to entertain and care about what those on the outside say, what else if coming from Arab countries which are in chaos themselves,"

"Why should we be bothered if there are Arab countries or Indonesia [who] criticise the Malaysian courts on the Allah issue. Don’t think that every Arab knows or understand Islam [or] That there is no one ignorant there [...]"

"These [anti-government] websites are expensive to maintain. We have been told that it costs about RM60,000 to set up the equipment, and around RM30,000 to maintain ... I don't rule out the possibility that the websites are being funded by foreign elements, perhaps using students to do the work."

"I would rather not be called "Yang Berhormat" as long as I get to travel business class. It's not about being ashamed, but on long-distance travel, economy class can be quite tiring."