When I call a man openly, you're a liar, you're dishonest, and you do not dare to sue me, there's something basically wrong. And I will repeat it anywhere and you can't go and say, oh, I have apologised; let's move on. Can you commit a dishonourable — maybe even one which is against the law — an illegal act and say, let's move on because I've apologised? You may move on but you're going to move on out of politics in time.

MM Lee Kuan Yew on James Gomez, Channelnewsasia, May 2006