Quotes from Najib Razak

If we can increase the share of Islamic finance for the world, countries can benefit - and certainly, Malaysia can benefit from that.

Detention without trial is history in Malaysia.

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

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

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

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.

I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.

People willy-nilly borrow for consumption. Civil servants willy-nilly borrow for consumption and then wonder why they don't have enough money at the end of the month.

Prostitution and corruption are two things that mankind has had to live with for so long.

As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.

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

Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in their nation's future. Such pessimism leads to disengagement. We risk losing a generation of young Muslims to apathy and extremism.

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

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

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

As the leader of Southeast Asia's oldest democracy, I am always keen to share our experiences. In the half-century since independence, we have found that steady reform is the best way to secure lasting stability. It is a process that continues in Malaysia to this day.

In the space of one lifetime, the Internet has opened up opportunities that were previously inconceivable.

Over the past months and years, divisions have opened up in Malaysian society. Now it is time for all of us, in government and beyond, to put the bitterness behind us.

Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.

The vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.

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

Homosexuality is acceptable in the West.

In any society, there will be the whole spectrum of views. You will get the extremists on the far right and also the far left.

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