Best Lee Kuan Yew Sayings
- Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared to go before… Action
- Any time, every time, you can damn the Prime Minister and so long as it is not a lie and a criminal lie, nothing happens… Ahead
- There are some flaws in the assumptions made for democracy. It is assumed that all men and women are equal or should be equal. Hence,… All
- Without the elected president and if there is a freak result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop… Army
- A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress. Good
- If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make them work better. Better
- Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus… Act
- What I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work. Always Become
- Every person, genius or moron, has a right to reproduce himself. Every Person
- I wish I can meet my wife in the hereafter, but I don't think I will. I just cease to exist just as she has… Cease
- I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake. Believe
- Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards. Cards
- I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course. Became
- I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak… Accused
- 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… Add
- If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader. Follow
- I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be… Accused
- Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy… Elected
- I have no regrets.I have spent my life,so much of it, building up this country. There's nothing more that I need to do. At the… Building
- For the young, let me tell you the sky has turned brighter. There's a glorious rainbow that beckons those with the spirit of adventure. And… Adventure
- Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to… Amuse
- If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline Discipline
- I am not given to making sense out of life - or coming up with some grand narrative on it - other than to measure… Ability
- For reasons of sentiment, I would like part of my ashes to be mixed up with Mama's, and both her ashes and mine put side… Ashes
- At the end of the day, what I cherish most are the human relationships. With the unfailing support of my wife and partner I have… Cherish