‘Democracy is an invention by man and it is not perfect. You need to know how to use it, if you want to get the best out of it,’ says Mahathir ‘Our modern civilization has failed … We have gone back to becoming very primitive with our civilized values,’ warns veteran statesman ‘I had never expected to become the prime minister of Malaysia, but it so happens that I was there at the right time,’ says Mahathir On his secret to longevity, Mahathir says: ‘I exercise my mind through reading, writing,