"Now if democracy will not work for the……" — Lee Kuan Yew
"Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?"
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85 Quotes by Lee Kuan Yew
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I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the…
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Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something…
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I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind - an inability…
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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,…
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Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my…
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Political reform need not go hand in hand with economic liberalization.. I hold unconventional views about this.. I do not believe…
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If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in…
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You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative…
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That was the year the British decided to get out and sell everything. So I immediately held an election. I…
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If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.
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If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence…
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But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that…
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More Asians Quotes
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one of 48 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and…
— Sandra Bullock
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Even when educators survey grade school texts and create new bibliographies to help teachers include Asians, Eskimos, and other Americans,…
— Gloria Steinem
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Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for…
— Thomas Sowell
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The 21st century will be the Asian century. This also means that Asians will be expected to provide greater leadership…
— Kishore Mahbubani
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An environmental revolution is taking shape in the United States. This revolution has touched communities of color from New York…
— Robert D Bullard
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Many people, not just Asians, are more concerned with hustling and getting to meetings with contacts to gain success.
— Steven Yeun
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In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now.…
— Michael Chang
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We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to…
— Marion Barry
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It deals with so many different aspects of living in South Africa the racial issues of South Africans and Asians…
— Unknown Author
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Do you know what it is sir? Do you know what the Dance Dance Revolution is? It's not an actual…
— Russell Peters
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In Sacramento, my brown was not halfway between black and white. On the leafy streets, on the east side of…
— Richard Rodriguez
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You remember all those phrases about how these people - Asians - dont value human life like we do. Well…
— Neil Sheehan
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