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.

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.

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 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.

That was the year the British decided to get out and sell everything. So I immediately held an election. I knew the people will be dead scared. And I won my bet big-time. The gullible fools!

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.

The ultimate test of the value of a political system is whether it helps that society to establish conditions which improve the standard of living for the majority of its people.

Peace and security both in Europe and in the Pacific still depend on a balance of power.

Harry was a bright boy. And like many bright boys, he had a little mischief in him.

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