“Actually, I invited many Commonwealth leaders to come to Malaysia. They did not accept my invitation. By that, I mean, they didn't say they didn't accept, but they just didn't come here.” MeanLeaderAcceptingInvitedInvitationsCommonwealthMalaysia Author:Mahathir Mohamad
“Even in South Africa, the Commonwealth were not doing anything, and their attitude was to tolerate apartheid in South Africa. There was a lot of lip service being paid to the need to stop this practice, but nothing was done.” NeedsDoneAttitudePracticePaidSouthLipsTolerateSouth AfricaApartheidCommonwealthLip Service Author:Mahathir Mohamad
“The Commonwealth is a mixture of developing and developed world, in which the developed countries were very influential and their policies hold sway most of the time.” WorldCountryPolicyDevelopingMixturesInfluentialCommonwealthDeveloped Country Author:Mahathir Mohamad
“I know the situation of the Commonwealth generally, and I know that the aim should be to make the Commonwealth much more relevant to the poorer countries.” KnowsShouldCountrySituationAimRelevantCommonwealth Author:Mahathir Mohamad
