Civil liberties Quote by Cherian George

“But the habit of framing issues in terms of Asian and Western values did distort Singapore's view of its own challenges. Policy-makers looking through…

— Cherian George

“Since the mid-1980s, the government had sensed that one key reason why the opposition-for-opposition's-sake argument was so compelling to voters was that the did…

— Cherian George

“Certainly, the PAP applies far more stringent background checks on its candidates than the opposition does on its own. However, in some respects, a…

— Cherian George

“Singapore's tragedy is not the absence of idealism, but that it systematically rewards the individualistic majority and discourages the socially-conscious minority. This is at…

— Cherian George

“The Singapore School's quarrel with the West was partly over the sequence and pace of democratisation. It was acknowledge that certain norms originating in…

— Cherian George

“We are told that the main risk factors threatening Singapore's peace and prosperity are, first, our own unreliability as citizens (we may succumb to…

— Cherian George

“The answer lies in a system of press management combining watertight legal controls with a compelling political ideology that encourages not just obedience, but…

— Cherian George

“The leaders' adherence to the principle of collective cabinet responsibility makes it difficult to ascertain the respective contributions of each, but enough is known…

— Cherian George

“Of all the attempts to propel Singapore faster along the path of political liberalisation, few have backfired as badly as the West's push for…

— Cherian George

“As the state spreads it tentacles into every corner of life in the name of regulation, rationalization or economic development, people who wanted their…

— Cherian George

“The main rationale for the "elimination of politics' is also its main tool: rapid and broad-based economic development, in PAP thinking, both justifies as…

— Cherian George

“Equally important was the question of whose road map to follow. No country should be expected to arrive at exactly the same destination as…

— Cherian George