Being a medical practitioner enables me to get in touch with people, understand their problems, feel sympathetic towards them, and the natural thing is to want to help them, and if you become a politician and if you are successful, you can help them even more.
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In my years, I had the opportunity to observe peoples and countries. I see some countries doing well, others failing, and my analysis of things is that whether you fail or succeed is a function of your value system.
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If you look at the Malaysian media, you will find that, although some are supportive of the government, many are not, and they are very critical of the government.
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Corruption is found everywhere. I admit there is some corruption in my staff - not me.
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I cannot accept this country being destroyed by selfish people who only think about themselves.
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You can be a liberal and accept same-sex marriage and all that, but that's your business.
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