I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Political reform need not go hand in hand with economic liberalization.. I hold unconventional views about this.. I do not believe if… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“Political reform need not go hand in hand with economic liberalisation. I do not believe that if you are libertarian, full of… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind - an inability to chart… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries…What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
They say, oh, let’s have multiparty politics. Let’s have different parties change and be in charge of the Government. Is it that… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
To straddle the middle ground and win elections, we have to be in charge of the political agenda. This can only be… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I can only express the hope that faith in the judicial system will never be diminished, and I am sure it will… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians,… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll never put… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate, nothing to… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has been such… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
That was the year the British decided to get out and sell everything. So I immediately held an election. I knew the people will… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
India is scared of the competition... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
Three women were brought to the Singapore General Hospital, each in the same condition and needing a blood transfusion. The first, a Southeast Asian… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
What I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians, 15% Malays… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
Nine holes of golf will take you one-and-a-half, two hours. I run in 20 minutes, I feel better off. So the cost benefit made… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share
