Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

The idea is that they wouldn't want to deal with militant Islam but an Islam and Muslims who are committed to progress,…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I believe it is an important project, it makes the cost of doing business lower and they will make us more competitive…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

The world [is] now seeing might is right.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

As a child, the paddy field was my playground.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay…

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi