If we elect the same corrupt politicians every time, that’s an obvious message that we don’t want a change. – Sukant Ratnakar, Indian author At times, I’m truly amazed at how hollow and stupid some political leaders would become in their attempts to justify the unjustifiable. This past week, PAS
A country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The country is the idea that rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship that binds together all the sons of that territory. –Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian activist We have
It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging. – Winston Churchill, Britain’s war-time PM No, it wasn’t me who described the current political upheaval in Sabah as a “game”. It was Sabah
The evil of corruption reaches into every corner of the world. It lies at the heart of the most urgent problems we face. – David Cameron, ex-UK prime minister Almost every prime minister who came into power will surely embrace fighting corruption as a top priority of his new administration.
I’ve always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it. — Dwayne Johnson, American actor Following the end of the search and rescue (SAR) operation at the Batang Kali landslide site on Christmas Eve, I
If you’re that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions. – Ai Yazawa, Japanese manga author This is probably true. Never in the history of heinous crimes in Malaysia has there been a more high-profile one as the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a Mongolian
As we have seen, members do switch political parties when they feel that their values are no longer welcome in the party they ran in. – Paul Martin, ex-Canadian PM The key question to ask is: Were the four Sabah MPs from Bersatu ignorant of the anti-hopping law which came
Our constitution is a ray of HOPE: H for harmony, O for opportunity, P for people’s participation and E for equality. – Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India No one is really surprised when Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim received a barrage of criticisms soon after he revealed his Cabinet line-up
For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can. – Cameron Dokey, American author When Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang took over as Malaysia’s 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2019, little did
Democracy is about voting and it’s about a majority vote. And it’s time that we started exercising the democratic process. – Debbie Stabenow, US Senator As I write this on Tuesday morning, Nov 22, it is still unclear which coalition has the numbers to form the government. Party leaders and