I support the view that free trade in goods and services is a win-win situation. I'm not so convinced that free flows of capital without restriction is a win-win situation. Lee Kuan Yew capitalconvinceflow Change image and share on social
President Nixon was a pragmatic strategist. He would engage, not contain, China, but he would also quietly set pieces into place for a fallback position should China not play according to the rules as a good global citizen. Lee Kuan Yew chinacitizenengage share on social
I've got one grandson gone to MIT. Another grandson had been in the American school here. Because he was dyslexic, and we then didn't have the teachers to teach him how to overcome or cope with his dyslexia, so he was given exemption to go to the American school. He speaks like an American. He's going to Wharton. Lee Kuan Yew americancopedyslexia share on social
The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice. Lee Kuan Yew acidconceptfact Change image and share on social
Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away. Lee Kuan Yew dayholdknow share on social
It's irrelevant to me what young Singaporeans think of me. I've lived long enough to know that you may be idealised in life and reviled after you're dead. Lee Kuan Yew deadhaveidealise Change image and share on social
China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power. Lee Kuan Yew alternativecentralchina Change image and share on social
My children were educated in what were then Chinese schools, and they learned English as a subject. But they made up when they went to English-language universities. So they didn't lose out. They had a basic set of traditional Confucian values. Not my grandchildren. Lee Kuan Yew basicchildchinese share on social
In the West, especially after World War II, the government came to be seen as so successful that it could fulfill all the obligations that in less modern societies are fulfilled by the family. Lee Kuan Yew familyfulfillgovernment Change image and share on social
If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one. Lee Kuan Yew fosternannyproud Change image and share on social