--- title: "12 Believe Quotes By Lee Kuan Yew" description: "12 Believe quotes by Lee Kuan Yew. Plus more from Lee Kuan Yew and more Believe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-love-at-first-sight-i_2786254.jpg" --- > [I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-don-t-believe-in-love-at-first-sight-i-think-it-s-a-grave-mistake/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-love-at-first-sight-i_2786254.jpg) > [Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/usually-i-read-biographies-of-interesting-people-i-am-not-attracted/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_usually-i-read-biographies-of-interestin_2947163.jpg) > [I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been. . .by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-started-off-believing-all-men-were-equal-i-now-know-that-s-the-most-3/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/lee-kuan-yew-3939_arguing_i-started-off-believing-all-men-were-equ_1655344.jpg) > [I wouldn't call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God... So I do not laugh at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-wouldn-t-call-myself-an-atheist-i-neither-deny-nor-accept-that/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/lee-kuan-yew-3939_accepting_i-wouldn-t-call-myself-an-atheist-i-neit_2265819.jpg) > [I think in Singapore, we stand a chance of making the one-man-one-vote system work. With amendments as we have done, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-think-in-singapore-we-stand-a-chance-of-making-the-one-man-one-vote/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/lee-kuan-yew-3939_adjustment_i-think-in-singapore-we-stand-a-chance-o_1870200.jpg) > [I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been... But by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-started-off-believing-all-men-were-equal-i-now-know-that-s-the-most-4/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/lee-kuan-yew-3939_arguing_i-started-off-believing-all-men-were-equ_2023702.jpg) > [I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been, because millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-started-off-believing-all-men-were-equal-i-now-know-that-s-the-most-2/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/lee-kuan-yew-3939_arguing_i-started-off-believing-all-men-were-equ_1408798.jpg) > [I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-have-said-this-on-many-a-previous-occasion-that-had-the-mix-in/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_i-have-said-this-on-many-a-previous-occa_381151.jpg) > [Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/even-from-my-sickbed-even-if-you-are-going-to-lower-me-into-the-grave/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_even-from-my-sickbed-even-if-you-are-goi_741832.jpg) > [They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can’t pass primary six knows the consequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/they-say-people-can-think-for-themselves-do-you-honestly-believe-that/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/lee-kuan-yew-3939_answers_they-say-people-can-think-for-themselves_3063787.jpg) > [Political reform need not go hand in hand with economic liberalization.. I hold unconventional views about this.. I do not believe if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/political-reform-need-not-go-hand-in-hand-with-economic/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_political-reform-need-not-go-hand-in-han_659293.jpg) > [But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/but-we-either-believe-in-democracy-or-we-not-if-we-do-then-we-must/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/lee-kuan-yew-3939_association_but-we-either-believe-in-democracy-or-we_1281497.jpg) ## Other authors on Believe ## More by Lee Kuan Yew > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/you-know-the-cure-for-all-this-talk-is-really-a-good-dose-of/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate, nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/the-bell-curve-is-a-fact-of-life-the-blacks-on-average-score-85-per/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-m-not-saying-that-everything-i-did-was-right-but-everything-i-did/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-for-instance-you-put-in-a-malay-officer-who-s-very-religious-and/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/supposing-catherine-lim-was-writing-about-me-and-not-the-prime/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/you-marry-a-non-graduate-then-you-are-going-to-worry-if-your-son-or/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [That was the year the British decided to get out and sell everything. So I immediately held an election. I knew the people will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/that-was-the-year-the-british-decided-to-get-out-and-sell-everything/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/a-leader-without-the-vision-to-strive-to-improve-things-is-no-good/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [India is scared of the competition... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/india-is-scared-of-the-competition-because-chinese-goods-will-go-into/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-was-a-product-of-the-times-the-war-the-occupation-the-reoccupation/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [Three women were brought to the Singapore General Hospital, each in the same condition and needing a blood transfusion. The first, a Southeast Asian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/three-women-were-brought-to-the-singapore-general-hospital-each-in/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [What I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/what-i-fear-is-complacency-when-things-always-become-better-people/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians, 15% Malays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-have-said-this-on-many-a-previous-occasion-that-had-the-mix-in/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [I have decided that we shall make and build and never give way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-have-decided-that-we-shall-make-and-build-and-never-give-way/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/nine-holes-of-golf-will-take-you-one-and-a-half-two-hours-i-run-in-20/) [Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/lee-kuan-yew/#itemlist", "name": "12 Believe Quotes By Lee Kuan Yew", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't believe in love at first sight. 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But because the culture was such that the populace sought a practical way out of their difficulties, therefore it has worked.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Kuan Yew" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-have-said-this-on-many-a-previous-occasion-that-had-the-mix-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_i-have-said-this-on-many-a-previous-occa_381151.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_i-have-said-this-on-many-a-previous-occa_381151.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/lee-kuan-yew-3939_believe_i-have-said-this-on-many-a-previous-occa_381151.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75%…” — Lee Kuan Yew", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up. 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