Sometimes I do my walkabouts, all the young fellows will come and call me 'hypebeast Ah Gong.' — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I think you can fool people once but you can't fool the people all the time. — Tan Cheng Bock Fool Copy Share Image
I would love to work with the SDP, the Workers' Party and with all the other small parties. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
Protecting lives means reshaping national policies from a community healthcare angle. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
Selling and telling are two different things. In politics, we sell ideas. — Tan Cheng Bock Ideas Copy Share Image
In politics things change, in politics timing is important, and in politics, how I move, I don't tell you. — Tan Cheng Bock Change Copy Share Image
I opposed the NMP scheme very, very strongly and I stated my case in Parliament, objected to it and voted against it.… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I want to relax for a while, maybe go back to my medical practice. I got a lot of old patients waiting… — Tan Cheng Bock Medical Copy Share Image
You don't have to go and criticize your opponents, how bad they are and so on. It is a contest of ideas.… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
For the past 20 years, the PAP has had a strong monopoly. However, prosperity has not flowed to all Singaporeans. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I'm already 80 years old and I always say I want people to get into the House to really experience what it's… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you're not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate. — Tan Cheng Bock Change Copy Share Image
If those people who come in to join the PSP, hoping to extract something from the party for themselves, I think even… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
The key message is I'm always trying to hope the Singaporeans will understand, is a question of every government must be... examined… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I began my career as a medical doctor in Ama Keng, a poor village in Lim Chu Kang. The people I cared… — Tan Cheng Bock Career Copy Share Image
I believe the processes of good governance have gone astray. Specifically there is an erosion of transparency, independence and accountability. — Tan Cheng Bock Accountability Copy Share Image
So long as I'm relevant, and so long as my health permits and people still want me, I will continue. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I think those who have followed my political life would have known that I don't believe in just blind loyalty. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
This is politics. In politics, you only show the cake but not the ingredients. The time will come when I show you… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
But at the end of the day, any president must try to unify Singapore... that must be in the heart of the… — Tan Cheng Bock Day Copy Share Image
If you've got no base, it's very difficult to function as an MP. You cannot be a 'virtual' MP, you must be… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
When you face the shareholders, then you can feel the heat is on you. For 20 years I got to answer to… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
A truly united Singapore means having a Parliament that reflects all views, and not just the PAP view or the group-think of… — Tan Cheng Bock Parliament Copy Share Image
Ask yourself, have you ever heard any of your PAP MPs ask the hard questions? As a Singaporean, you have a right… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
For vocational workers, their pay should reflect their skills and difficulty of labour. To be skilled in a craft should be accepted… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
One of my key areas of unification is to champion multiracialism. Multiracialism is vital to unity. — Tan Cheng Bock Champion Copy Share Image
Very important, the President must be seen not as a figurehead but as somebody the people can look to for support for… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
If we stand together as Singaporeans, there is not a force in this world that can tear us apart. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
The President must be above politics. He must not be a proxy to any political party. His interest must be national, not… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
We want to build a compassionate and truly democratic Singapore where good values and people matter. — Tan Cheng Bock Compassionate Copy Share Image
I cannot say that the PAP has done me wrong or something. I think I'm quite grateful to the PAP. — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I think the president must be very watchful of what is happening. The president cannot deal with the bread and butter issues… — Tan Cheng Bock Bread Copy Share Image
Serving people is never a problem for me, because I've already served all my patients. Even as a doctor, I also wasn't… — Tan Cheng Bock Doctor Copy Share Image
If I convince myself that I'm going contest in West Coast, I will go. It doesn't matter who else comes because that's… — Tan Cheng Bock Belief Copy Share Image
You ask yourself what is it you want? You want results or to show you are such a great fighter? For me… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I feel that it is a social responsibility for us who are better educated to give back some to the society in… — Tan Cheng Bock Help Copy Share Image
I want to work closely with the government but it doesn't mean I become so weak and just toe the government line. — Tan Cheng Bock Government Copy Share Image
