TRIBUTE ABDUL - Perdana Library

FRANK SULLIVAN
It is a personal tribute to the "Father of the Nation" that in
ordinary conversation if anyone mentions "the Tunku" there is
no doubt at all about whom he is speaking. The same is true oe
newspapers. The headlines in papers or bill posters simply usf
"Tunku". Even if half a dozen Tunkus are speaking together and
they happen to refer to "the Tunku" it does not mean anyone
present; it can only mean one person and the one person only, the
Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya.
Tunku Abdul Rahman is dedicated to the service of Malaya
and her people, and in doing so he always expresses an unshaken
belief i n parliamentary democracy, the value of the Commonwealth
and the world importance of the United Nations.
A man of faith, he is imbued with deep trust in God in His
mercy and justice and unwavering confidence in the fundamental
goodness of man. As he once said, "In Malaya with the
complications of its multiple races, we have come to understand
that the basis of our peace and happiness is tolerance and
goodwill among our fellow-men."
A man of peace, he abhors force and violence, believing
that the ways of compromise and patience and reason alone can
produce true understanding. As he once said, "If I am credited
with nothing more 1 can at least thank God that I was able
to lead our country along the path of independence, and beyond,
without one drop of blood being shed."
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