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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Malaysian politician, served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009, leading the country through a period of economic growth and modernization. Known for his moderate and inclusive approach to governance, Badawi sought to promote national unity and social harmony. His tenure, however, was also marked by challenges, including criticisms over his handling of religious and ethnic tensions.
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"You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important."

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"We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"We have now recently launched the national integrity plan."

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

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

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"I believe it is an important project, it makes the cost of doing business lower and they will make us more competitive at the same time, it will also provide some satisfaction to the people who demand services for them of the quality they want and also quickly."

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"Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities."

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"I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet."

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"When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone."

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

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

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"I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence."

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