We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.

- Najib Razak

I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.

- Najib Razak

My heart reaches out to those whose loved ones were lost on MH17.

- Najib Razak

The word 'change' has been abused so many times.

- Najib Razak

The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

- Najib Razak

The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.

- Najib Razak

The world is shifting from a hegemonic era, where the United States dominated alone, to a multipolar system.

- Najib Razak

Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.

- Najib Razak

Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.

- Najib Razak

You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.

- Najib Razak

As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.

- Najib Razak

The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.

- Najib Razak

The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.

- Najib Razak

More than 13,000 Malaysians travel to the U.K. to study in British universities every year.

- Najib Razak

Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.

- Najib Razak

If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.

- Najib Razak

I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.

- Najib Razak

Homosexuality is acceptable in the West.

- Najib Razak

For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.

- Najib Razak

Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues that cannot be easily decided.

- Najib Razak