With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries…What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround,… — 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
