Lee Kuan Yew
In a controversial speech by Lee Kuan Yew who served as the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 – 1990, he has a really great line about conviction:
“I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind, an inability to chart a course. Whichever way the wind blows. Whichever way the media encourages the pe... See more
Great leaders mirror the qualities of the nations they lead.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
Great leaders mirror the qualities of the nations they lead.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
The system that we inherited from the British was lopsided. Too much emphasis was laid on the examination and the paper qualification. We were, therefore, rearing a whole generation of softies, who are clever; who wore spectacles but who were weak from want of enough exercise, enough sunshine, and with not enough guts in them. That was all right fo
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