"What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the……" — Lee Kuan Yew
"What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the survival of the people. Then, democratic norms and processes which from time to time we have to suspend."
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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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