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title: "12 Way Quotes By Lee Kuan Yew"
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> [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/)

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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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> [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)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/lee-kuan-yew-3939_chinese_anybody-who-decides-to-take-me-on-needs_2879772.jpg)

> [China can draw on a talent pool of 1.3 billion people, but the United States can draw on a talent pool of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/china-can-draw-on-a-talent-pool-of-1-3-billion-people-but-the-united/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/lee-kuan-yew-3939_billions_china-can-draw-on-a-talent-pool-of-1-3-b_1563407.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)

> [You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/you-begin-your-journey-not-knowing-where-it-will-take-you-you-have/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/lee-kuan-yew-3939_adversity_you-begin-your-journey-not-knowing-where_2147635.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)

> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/lee-kuan-yew-3939_bags_if-you-are-a-troublemaker-it-s-our-job-t_1416154.jpg)

> [Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/mine-is-a-very-matter-of-fact-approach-to-the-problem-if-you-can/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/lee-kuan-yew-3939_adults_mine-is-a-very-matter-of-fact-approach-t_2163144.jpg)

> [Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has…](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/)

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> [I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind - an inability to chart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/i-ignore-polling-as-a-method-of-government-i-think-that-shows-a/)

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

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## Other authors on Way

## 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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