It’s irrelevant to me what young Singaporeans think of me. What they think of me after I’m dead and gone in one… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been, because millions… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
If you are a troublemaker…it’s our job to politically destroy you. Put it this way. As long as JB Jeyaretnam stands for… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
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,… — 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 started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been... But by… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can’t pass primary six knows the consequence… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole… — 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 Image
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 Image
I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
India is scared of the competition... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
What I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work. — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
