1. Ucapan Tun Tan Siew Sin, Presiden MCA pada 30 April 1969 yang disiarkan dalam akhbar tempatan bertajuk “Tun Tan Answers Critics On Special Privileges”.
“The Malays, through UMNO, were generous enough to relax the citizenship laws of this country to such an extent that within 12 months of independence, 90 percent of the non-Malays had become citizens whereas before independence 90 percent were still non-citizens after nearly 100 years of colonial rule in the Malay States. In return fo this major concession, the MCA and the MIC agreed to continue the policy of preserving the special position of the Malays while at the same time upholding the legitimate interests of other communities.”
2. Ucapan Tun V.T. Sambanthan, Presiden MIC merangkap Menteri Kerja Raya, Pos dan Telekom di Dewan Rakyat pada 1 Jun 1965.
“Now in 1955, we won the elections with a great majority. Then we obtained freedom in two yeras time. During this period, we had to discuss citizenship and various other things. Now, what did the Malays do – since we are speaking on racial lines- what did the Malay leadership do? They had 88 percent of the electorate still with them. What did they do with citizenship? If we look around in Asia and in East Asia, particularly, you will find that my race the Indian race, is not welcomed in Ceylon, is not welcomed in Burma. Look at my brother Chinese race, it is not welcomed in Thailand, in Vietnam, in Cambodia, in all the other areas. What help do they get for citizenship in all these territories? In Burma, as we know, Indians have been send packing, in Ceylon they refused them citizenship..
...and in Burma it is likewise. I know it, you know it. And yet in Malaya, what happened? Here, we found that the Malay leadership said, “We shall take them unto ourselves as brothers, we shall give them full opportunity to live in this country, we shall give them every opportunity to become citizens. And so in 1957, for thr whole year, we waived language qualifications, and tens of thousands of Indians, Chinese, Ceylonese and others became citizens.. As I said, it has been my great good fortune to have been born in this country.where else can you find a more charitable, a more polite, a more decent race than the Malay race? Where else can you get such politically decednt treatment for any immigrant race? Where else in the history of the world? I ask you. These are the facts. Who are you to safeguard us? I am 10 percent minority race here. But I am happy here.”
3. Pandangan Prof Emeritus Khoo Kay Kim dalam akhbar Siasah 16 November 2006
“Jadi kedudukan orang Melayu di sini timbul daripada hakikat bahawa negara ini kerajaan ini diperintah oleh Raja-raja, jadi orang Melayu sebagai rakyat kepada Raja ada keistimewaan. Kebanyakan orang bukan Melayu seperti Tun Tan Cheng Lock dan yang lain-lain mereka adalah rakyat British kerana Negeri Selat Tanah Jajahan British. Oleh itu kedudukan mereka dengan orang Melayu tidak sama kerana orang Melayu adalah rakyat dan mereka ada hak-hak tertentu yang tidak ada pada orang lain, itulah permulannya. Selepas 1957, orang bukan Melayu mula diserap sebagai warganegara... jadi begini, kedudukan orang Melayu ini bukan sesuatu yang diberikan selepas 1957 tetapi sudah ada sebelum itu lagi... masalah sekarang ialah ramai orang bukan Melayu tidak faham latarbelakang terutama sekali generasi muda. Dia hanya tahu kata “ooh saya pun warganegara kenapa kedudukan saya lain...” Kedudukan zaman sekarang ini mesti berasaskan perkembangan sejarah sebab itu kita kata sejarah suatu yang penting, tetapi silapnya cara sejarah itu diajar lebih beratkan politik, padahal yang lebih elok kalau kita titikberatkan undang-undang dalam pembelajaran sejarah”
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