Lee Kuan Yew - Time Quotes

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Look, Jeyaretnam can't win the infighting. I'll tell you why. WE are in charge. Every government ministry and department is under our control. And in the infighting, he will go down for the count every time... I will make him crawl on his bended knees, and beg for mercy.

Lee Kuan Yew
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.

Lee Kuan Yew
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.

Lee Kuan Yew
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.

Lee Kuan Yew
Equal employment opportunities, yes, but we shouldn't get our women into jobs where they cannot, at the same time, be mothers... our most valuable asset is in the ability of our people, yet we are frittering away this asset through the unintended consequences of changes in our education policy and equal opportunities for women. This has affected their traditional role … as mothers, the creators and protectors of the next generation.

Lee Kuan Yew