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

Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?

Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life should be.

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

Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.

I can only express the hope that faith in the judicial system will never be diminished, and I am sure it will not, so long as we allow a review of the judicial processes that takes place here in some other tribunal where obviously undue influence cannot be brought to bear. As long as governments are wise enough to leave alone the rights of appeal to some superior body outside Singapore, then there must be a higher degree of confidence in the integrity of our judicial process. This is most important.

If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent.