“Thai people are really lucky to have the king as their leader. He is a hard-working man who wants to help people think by themselves and survive by their won. We will never find a king like that in other countries. The only problem is that most Thai people respect him but don’t follow his teaching. He has been talking about the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for over 27 years, but Thai people still don’t get the words – only taking. Though they pay respect to the king, when it comes to a living, they never follow his method. He once said that Thailand didn’t necessarily have to become a tiger but rather have enough for our own.
If everybody thinks seriously of what he has been trying to say, Thailand might survive because this philosophy of the Sufficiency Economy needs the power of its people in the country. It can only be done in Thailand, not anywhere else because other places have no lands or natural recourses like Thailand.”