Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant or extremists. Lee Kuan Yew actdeviantextremist share on social
I would not score very highly on religious value. Lee Kuan Yew highlyreligiousscore Change image and share on social
You either use the Internet or you are backward. Lee Kuan Yew backwardinternet Change image and share on social
The exuberance of democracy leads to undisciplined and disorderly conditions which are inimical to development. Lee Kuan Yew conditiondemocracydevelopment 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
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
I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can. Lee Kuan Yew admirebritainjob Change image and share on social
China is not going to become a liberal democracy; if it did, it would collapse. I do not believe you can impose on other countries standards which are alien and totally disconnected with their past. Lee Kuan Yew alienchinacollapse Change image and share on social
Countries that are agricultural can, at a low standard of living, sustain themselves. You can be self-sufficient; the money economy is a relatively insignificant part of the total economy. Singapore never was an agricultural country. Lee Kuan Yew agriculturalcountryeconomy 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
