You can make mistakes, but you aren’t a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes. – John Wooden, American basketball coach Over this past week, two Members of Parliament from the opposition Perikatan Nasional (PN) must have learnt one important lesson the hard way. That is, one should
‘Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.’ — Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India Last Saturday, I wrote an article titled, “Leave Sarawak out of Putrajaya’s ‘sick’ policies”, in my column in Malaysiakini. I specifically mentioned the Education Ministry’s
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. – Benjamin Disraeli, ex-British Prime Minister Once Barisan Nasional’s second-in-command and arguably, the dominant and strongest Chinese party in the country for over four decades, the MCA
There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies and that is fighting without them. — Winston Churchill, British wartime prime minister Apart from the deteriorating situation in the ongoing Middle East conflict, perhaps the other interesting story in the country in recent days is Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s
Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code? – Douglas Coupland, Canadian novelist Recently, I visited the National Registration Department in Petaling Jaya to replace my damaged MyKad. At the main entrance of the building, I noticed a dress code displayed prominently on the
Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders and seldom has a face. —Jacques Chirac, ex-French President Mohammed Nazir Lep and Mohd Farik Amin are not household names in Malaysia or elsewhere. If the duo had thought that by partaking in terrorism and killing or maiming
They are not Muslims, but even buying alcohol and wearing shorts are prohibited. Hence, the Kedah menteri besar needs to explain everything. – Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad wanted Langkawi to be an island paradise which Malaysia can be proud of
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones. – John Lennon of The Beatles Seriously, I’ve grown quite tired of my friends and associates asking me whether seven or eight Umno MPs are contemplating leaving the unity government. It’s not
The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship. – Marcel Achard, French playwright This poser is interesting enough to google. Not new though but always worth understanding with clarity. What is the meaning of the phrase, “Politics makes
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President Over the past week, two or three videos of Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg were making the rounds in social media,