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

If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.

I cannot keep quiet even when I am a lone voice.

I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.

No one should have extra influence on an organisation. We should always regard ourselves as equals in the organisation, and we should be concerned about each other's problems.

Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused.

Some people say that we here have no freedom of religion, ... In reality, the people in that country are the ones who were forced to embrace a religion.

When I became Prime Minister, I looked back on what was done before – what were the policies and actions before – and I thought that I need to be critical if I’m going to do anything at all.

Any organisation has a future, provided it is properly led and it sticks to the objective of that organisation.

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

Membership of an organisation is good, as long as you can make yourself heard.

The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' – a leader says, 'Let's go!

Recognizing Quebec as being different, recognizing our history, recognizing our identity, has never meant a weakening of Quebec and has never been a threat to national unity.

Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.

For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!

Learn to help people with more than just their jobs: help them with their lives.

I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go.

Your faith will not grow by chance, but by choice.

I could spit dust I'm so mad. He wants to put violins on my new session. I'll die before I'll go all the way pop.

I think The Beatles are the lasting influence on me, even more so than Dylan.