You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university.
Lee Kuan YewThe same law applies to me. Nobody has sued me for libel because I do not defame my enemies.
Lee Kuan YewA leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.
Lee Kuan YewWhat I fear is complacency. When things always become better, people tend to want more for less work.
Lee Kuan YewI wouldn't call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God... So I do not laugh at people who believe in God. But I do not necessarily believe in God - nor deny that there could be one.
Lee Kuan YewI have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians, 15% Malays and the rest Chinese, it would not have worked. Because they believe in the politics of contention, of opposition. But because the culture was such that the populace sought a practical way out of their difficulties, therefore it has worked.
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