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title: "31 Ifs Quotes By Lee Kuan Yew"
description: "31 Ifs quotes by Lee Kuan Yew. Plus more from Lee Kuan Yew and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [If you can't think because you can't chew, try a banana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-you-can-t-think-because-you-can-t-chew-try-a-banana/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-you-want-to-reach-your-goals-and-dreams-you-cannot-do-it-without/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-nobody-is-afraid-of-me-i-m-meaningless/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-singapore-is-a-nanny-state-then-i-am-proud-to-have-fostered-one/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-aljunied-decides-to-go-that-way-well-aljunied-has-five-years-to/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-you-can-t-force-or-are-unwilling-to-force-your-people-to-follow/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the…](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/)

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> [If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-there-was-one-formula-for-our-success-it-was-that-we-were/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/even-from-my-sick-bed-even-if-you-are-going-to-lower-me-into-the/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/now-if-democracy-will-not-work-for-the-russians-a-white-christian/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-am-often-accused-of-interfering-in-the-private-lives-of-citizens/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [Without the elected president and if there is a freak result, within two or three years, the army would have to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/without-the-elected-president-and-if-there-is-a-freak-result-within/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-i-have-to-shoot-200-000-students-to-save-china-from-another-100/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [There are some flaws in the assumptions made for democracy. It is assumed that all men and women are equal or should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/there-are-some-flaws-in-the-assumptions-made-for-democracy-it-is/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If you are a troublemaker…it’s our job to politically destroy you. Put it this way. As long as JB Jeyaretnam stands for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-you-are-a-troublemaker-it-s-our-job-to-politically-destroy-you-put/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-m-very-determined-if-i-decide-that-something-is-worth-doing-then-i/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [We have to lock up people, without trial, whether they are communists, whether they are language chauvinists, whether they are religious extremists.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/we-have-to-lock-up-people-without-trial-whether-they-are-communists/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [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/)

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> [If you don’t include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-you-don-t-include-your-women-graduates-in-your-breeding-pool-and/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle-dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/anybody-who-decides-to-take-me-on-needs-to-put-on-knuckle-dusters-if/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [I have never been over concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-have-never-been-over-concerned-or-obsessed-with-opinion-polls-or/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-it-is-not-totalitarian-to-arrest-a-man-and-detain-him-when-you/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [We have over a hundred political detainees, men against whom we are unable to prove anything in a court of law. Nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/we-have-over-a-hundred-political-detainees-men-against-whom-we-are/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate,…](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/)

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> [We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/we-must-encourage-those-who-earn-less-than-200-per-month-and-cannot/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [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/)

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> [Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/between-being-loved-and-being-feared-i-have-always-believed/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [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/)

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> [There is nothing to prevent you from pushing your propaganda, to push your programme out to the students or with the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/there-is-nothing-to-prevent-you-from-pushing-your-propaganda-to-push/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [Singaporeans, if I can chose an analogy, we are the hard disk of a computer, the foreign talent are the megabytes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/singaporeans-if-i-can-chose-an-analogy-we-are-the-hard-disk-of-a/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/if-i-were-in-authority-in-singapore-indefinitely-without-having-to/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## 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/)

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