"‘At the time when there were heathens along the sea coast of Java, many merchants used to come, Parsees, Arabs, Gujaratees, Bengalees, Malays and other nationalities, there being many Moors among them. They began to trade in the country and to grow rich. They succeeded in way of [sic]making mosques, and mollahs came from outside, so that they came in such growing numbers that the sons of these said Moors were already Javanese and rich, for they had been in these parts for about seventy years. In some places the heathen Javanese lords themselves turned Mohammedan, and these mollahs and merchant Moors took possession of these places. Others had a way of fortifying the places where they lived, and they killed the Javanese lords and made themselves lords; and in this way they made themselves masters of the sea coast and took over trade and power in Java . . .’"

"I then burnt the city and put everything to sword, and for days continuously the people shed blood. Wherever they were found and caught, no life was spared to any Musalman, and their mosques were filled up and set on fire. We counted 6,000 dead bodies. It was, my Lord, a great deed, well fought and well finished."

"I leave no town or building of the Mussalmans. Those who are taken alive, I order them to be roasted…"

"For a long period, many elementary civil servants were given no chance to correct their mistakes, and have either been dismissed or not renewed for employment because they made a small mistake. The punishment is very strict. However, when major officials make mistakes, they are tolerated over and over again. Do high ranking civil servants need training? Do the secretaries need training? Does the Chief Executive (of Macau) need training? If an ordinary resident does not know he cannot park at a place, but still parks there, can he be exempted from the fine if he claims ignorance? No, he cannot be exempted. How can we accept such an irresponsible government?"

"Por trás de uma grande rainha está sempre um grande rei."

"Quem mal-preza o seu passado, mal-prepara o seu futuro."

"Isso fez do português este tipo que nós somos. Nós não temos raça nenhuma. Não se pode falar na raça portuguesa. Se houvesse uma raça, nós éramos uma anti-raça. Feita com gente vinda de toda a parte ao longo de milhões de anos."

"Camões tinha razão. Um fraco rei faz fraca a forte gente."

"Quem luta pela unidade para mim é grande. Quem se bate pela divisão para mim... (abana a cabeça reprovadoramente)"

"Como sabem, as guerras fazem sempre enriquecer certas pessoas. Uma guerra tem duas utilidades: serve para uns morrerem e para outros ficarem ricos."