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Lee Kuan Yew quotes: India is scared of the competition ... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete.

India is scared of the competition ... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: 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.

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.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I'm not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that's what the British bequeathed us

I'm not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that's what the British bequeathed us

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: The exuberance of democracy leads to undisciplined and disorderly conditions which are inimical to development.

The exuberance of democracy leads to undisciplined and disorderly conditions which are inimical to development.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: 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 my mind.

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 my mind.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life should be,

Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life should be,

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.

If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don't understand this

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don't understand this

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.

If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system.

You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power.

China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.

If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I have decided that we shall make and build and never give way.

I have decided that we shall make and build and never give way.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.

I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: 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 ceased to exist.

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 ceased to exist.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic.

One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge.

The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Nine holes of golf will take you one-and-a-half, two hours. I run in 20 minutes, I feel better off. So the cost benefit made me drop golf.

Nine holes of golf will take you one-and-a-half, two hours. I run in 20 minutes, I feel better off. So the cost benefit made me drop golf.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?

Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If you are going to lower me into the grave, and I feel something is wrong, I will get up.

If you are going to lower me into the grave, and I feel something is wrong, I will get up.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts.

The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Start with putting three of your friends to jail. You definitely know what for, and people will believe you

Start with putting three of your friends to jail. You definitely know what for, and people will believe you

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.

Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the circumstances.

I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the circumstances.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: The same law applies to me. Nobody has sued me for libel because I do not defame my enemies.

The same law applies to me. Nobody has sued me for libel because I do not defame my enemies.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: The Japanese high command recognised the sexual needs of the men and provided for them. As a consequence, rape was not frequent.

The Japanese high command recognised the sexual needs of the men and provided for them. As a consequence, rape was not frequent.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: You either use the Internet or you are backward.

You either use the Internet or you are backward.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university.

You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.

I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.

Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.

Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: what they had endured

what they had endured

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If you can't think because you can't chew, try a banana.

If you can't think because you can't chew, try a banana.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.

You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: 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 it

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 it

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.

I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: As you solve one set of problems, new ones appear. That is part of the nature of life.

As you solve one set of problems, new ones appear. That is part of the nature of life.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you're dead

Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you're dead

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I would not score very highly on religious value.

I would not score very highly on religious value.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: Every person, genius or moron, has a right to reproduce himself.

Every person, genius or moron, has a right to reproduce himself.

Lee Kuan Yew quotes: I believe that life is a process of continuous change and a constant struggle to make that change one for the better.

I believe that life is a process of continuous change and a constant struggle to make that change one for the better.