In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.
Some of the world's most appalling abuses have been justified by religion because it is possible for people to find vindication in their scriptures for any of their prejudices.
The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.
This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country.
I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.
There's always Tunisia. Amid the smoking ruins of the Middle East, there is that one encouraging success story.
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30.
But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.
The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.
We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
We are all equal, rich and poor, and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.
If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.
Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and keeps it together. It is, in fact, the essence of civil society.
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.
In virtually every Western society in the 1960s there was a moral revolution, an abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint.
At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.
A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.
Only if you empower the liberals, if you empower the moderate socialists, if you empower all factions of society, only then will extremists be marginalised.
The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
