The task of the leaders must be to provide or create for them a strong framework within which they can learn, work hard, be productive and be rewarded accordingly. And this is not easy to achieve.

Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.

It is not the practice, now will I allow subversives to get away by insisting that I’ve got to prove everything against them in a court of law or [produce] evidence that will stand up to the strict rules of evidence of a court of law.

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.

If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.

I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.