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. The gullible fools!

Any time, every time, you can damn the Prime Minister and so long as it is not a lie and a criminal lie, nothing happens to you. You can say a lot of things. You can write books about him, damning him. So long as it is not a libel, go ahead.

If I have to shoot 200,000 students to save China from another 100 years of disorder, so be it.

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.

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

Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared to go before a court, stand in the witness box and face the most aggressive of lawyers who can cross-examine me on my personal history.