TRIBUTE ABDUL - Perdana Library

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of God, these difficulties will be overcome and that today's events,
down the avenues of history will be our inspiration and our guide.
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We desire to build a country of which we can be justly and truly
proud, a country in which we can live and share our happiness in
brotherhood, a country to which we can all be truly loyal, in short,
a new nation of Malaysia, ademocracy of many races and creeds living
in peace and harmony which a democracy space can be an
example to the world.
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We do not go by any 'isms or ideologies. We are nationalists
and we will do whatever is good in the interests of the people. For
this reason, I refuse to label our economy as socialist or capitalist.
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There is no half-way house in loyalty, and loyalty to the land of
his birth or adoption is the only true test of a citizen. Any laws or
regulations on citizenship which do not ensure and maintain the
preservation of that fundamental and sole loyalty must fail in their
purpose. If you honour and love your country you must value its
citizenship as a treasure of great price. That is the standard by
which our citizenship laws must be measured.
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As far as 1 am concerned , I am not very interested in politics.
I am more interested in administering the government and looking
after the welfare and the well being of the people and the nation.
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Malaysia will be a crescent among the nations of Asia.
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The creation of Malaysia will be one of the most significant
events in all the long history of South-East Asia, because it will
bring to an end the era of colonialism in Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak
and Brunei. They will share with the eleven states of our peninsula
the freedom and prestige, which the sovereign state of the Federation
of Malaya now enjoys.
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