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 very fact that we are not challenged is a pretty strong mandate.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of 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
How do you think today’s Singapore came about? Because everyone knows if I say that we are going in a certain direction and that we’re going to achieve this objective, if you set out to block me, I will take a bulldozer and clear the obstruction. I leave nobody in any doubt that is where we are going and that any obstruction will be cleared. So the
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I believe that life is a process of continuous change and a constant struggle to make that change one for the better.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
Americans are not criticising Singapore because they are concerned about democracy and human rights enjoyed by three million Singaporeans. Whether Singapore succeeds as a multiracial community in Southeast Asia or fails makes little difference to the future of America. Their real interest is what Freedom House has stated, that Singapore sets the wr
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