Repression can only go up to a point. When it becomes too acute, the instruments of repression, namely the army and the police, have been proved time and time again in history to have turned their guns on their masters.


Opposition leader Lee Kuan Yew, Straits Times, May 5, 1959

Lee Kuan Yew Quotes

Repression can only go up to a point. When it becomes too acute, the instruments of repression, namely the army and the police, have been proved time ...

Repression can only go up to a point. When it becomes too acute, the instruments of repression, namely the army and the police, have been proved time ...

Repression can only go up to a point. When it becomes too acute, the instruments of repression, namely the army and the police, have been proved time ...

Repression can only go up to a point. When it becomes too acute, the instruments of repression, namely the army and the police, have been proved time ...