There is nothing to prevent you from pushing your propaganda, to push your programme out to the students or with the public at large…and if you can carry the ground, if you are right, you win. That’s democracy.

Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you're dead

Three women were brought to the Singapore General Hospital, each in the same condition and needing a blood transfusion. The first, a Southeast Asian was given the transfusion but died a few hours later. The second, a South Asian was also given a transfusion but died a few days later. The third, an East Asian, was given a transfusion and survived. That is the X factor in development.

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 you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

Without the elected president and if there is a freak result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop it.