Party-hopping MPs distort the outcome of the previous general election — and that is intolerable. – Selwyn Manning, former New Zealand government press secretary You want to take a gamble in politics by switching allegiances. Then, be prepared for the consequences. It really does not matter much if you are
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. – Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist Last Thursday, some of my colleagues in Kuching lodged a police report against the PAS Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh for his
I think a leader should know how to read the people’s thoughts and gauge whether their time is up. – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, two-time prime minister I do realise it isn’t nice, unfair even, to pour cold water on a political party that has not even been registered.
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. – Stephen King, American author I returned to Kuching, a city which I’m always proud to call my beloved kampung, and spent the whole of July to write
Wherever it takes disaster to unite, politics generally divide: and in eras of intense uncertainty, a nation’s people retreat into the tribes in which they feel the most secure. –Criss Jami, American poet As a Chinese and a Christian, let me make an honest political declaration here. If I were
I believe many of you will agree when I state here that we normally pay scant or no attention to what unknown politicians like defeated electoral candidates say or do. We are more likely to listen attentively to selected speeches and statements of ministers and elected representatives and dissect their
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. – Richard Armour, American poet Imagine this. It took just one Umno assemblyman, Tan Sri Musa Aman, to attempt a coup against the Sabah government and it
In every crisis, doubt or confusion, take the higher path – the path of compassion, courage, understanding and love. – Amit Ray, author I am currently back in my dear hometown of Kuching for a little peace and quiet. It’s always nice to be home, only that this time, I
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting ‘of more or less idle people. – Walter Bagehot, British journalist We have probably heard of a herd of cows, a caravan of camels, a pack of wolves, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less well-known,
Any party can make 1,000 promises but at the end of the day, do they have the resources and capability to deliver the aspiration of the people? . — Dr Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Assoc Prof, Universiti Utara Malaysia In my many years as an editor, I must have dissected
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