"I started off believing all men were equal.……" — Lee Kuan Yew
"I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been. . .by observation, reading, watching, arguing, asking, and then bullying my way to the top, that is the conclusion I've come to."
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85 Quotes by Lee Kuan Yew
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If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
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