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title: "4 Developing Quotes By Mahathir Mohamad"
description: "4 Developing quotes by Mahathir Mohamad. Plus more from Mahathir Mohamad and more Developing sayings from other authors."
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> [Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/developing-countries-like-malaysia-should-have-a-say-in-changing-the/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/mahathir-mohamad-3562_changing-the-world_developing-countries-like-malaysia-shoul_546565.png)

> [Most developing countries would know Malaysia quite well. Why? It is because we believe in contacts. We offer them some help for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/most-developing-countries-would-know-malaysia-quite-well-why-it-is/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/mahathir-mohamad-3562_believe_most-developing-countries-would-know-mal_2207433.png)

> [The Commonwealth is a mixture of developing and developed world, in which the developed countries were very influential and their policies hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/the-commonwealth-is-a-mixture-of-developing-and-developed-world-in/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/mahathir-mohamad-3562_commonwealth_the-commonwealth-is-a-mixture-of-develop_2828730.png)

> [When developing countries go to the WTO and register their protest over things, they should be heard. Their views should be considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/when-developing-countries-go-to-the-wto-and-register-their-protest/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

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## Other authors on Developing

## More by Mahathir Mohamad

> [I cannot keep quiet even when I am a lone voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/i-cannot-keep-quiet-even-when-i-am-a-lone-voice/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [The Internet is undermining moral values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/the-internet-is-undermining-moral-values/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [In Malaysia, trials have always been fair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/in-malaysia-trials-have-always-been-fair/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [There are certain things that we can deal with by following the rules. But at times, we find the rules restrict you from doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/there-are-certain-things-that-we-can-deal-with-by-following-the-rules/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [A heretic can be tolerated. But a heresy cannot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/a-heretic-can-be-tolerated-but-a-heresy-cannot/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [The Malays are spiritually inclined, tolerant, and easy-going. The non-Malays, and especially the Chinese, are materialistic, aggressive, and have an appetite for work. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/the-malays-are-spiritually-inclined-tolerant-and-easy-going-the-non/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [Any organisation has a future, provided it is properly led and it sticks to the objective of that organisation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/any-organisation-has-a-future-provided-it-is-properly-led-and-it/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [In the eyes of the world, Malaysia has become a pariah state, a state where anyone can be hauled up and questioned by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/in-the-eyes-of-the-world-malaysia-has-become-a-pariah-state-a-state/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [I not only think but also look and study things carefully. When I travel around, I look at things carefully, make comparisons of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/i-not-only-think-but-also-look-and-study-things-carefully-when-i/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [Suppose a part of Britain or a part of America was taken away and given to the Jews as Israel. Do you think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/suppose-a-part-of-britain-or-a-part-of-america-was-taken-away-and/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [When you have a prime minister who is corrupt, then you can be sure that a country cannot be anything else but corrupt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/when-you-have-a-prime-minister-who-is-corrupt-then-you-can-be-sure/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first dictator in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/i-am-the-first-authoritarian-government-elected-to-become-a-dictator/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [It would seem the people who want to preserve the Penans' way of life are condemning them to a life full of diseases and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/it-would-seem-the-people-who-want-to-preserve-the-penans-way-of-life/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [Once started, religious strife has a tendency to go on and on - to become permanent feuds. Today we see such intractable inter-religious wars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/once-started-religious-strife-has-a-tendency-to-go-on-and-on-to/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

> [Membership of an organisation is good, as long as you can make yourself heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/membership-of-an-organisation-is-good-as-long-as-you-can-make/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

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