Singaporeans, if I can chose an analogy, we are the hard disk of a computer, the foreign talent are the megabytes you add to your storage capacity. So your computer never hangs because you got enormous storage capacity. — 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
