Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister... She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has been such that nobody doubts that if you take me on, I will put on knuckle-dusters and catch you in a cul de sac... Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I can hurt you, try. There is no other way you can govern a Chinese society.
Lee Kuan YewIt is not the practice, now will I allow subversives to get away by insisting that Iโve 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.
Lee Kuan YewWe have to lock up people, without trial, whether they are communists, whether they are language chauvinists, whether they are religious extremists. If you donโt do that, the country would be in ruins.
Lee Kuan YewIf you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.
Lee Kuan YewIt is essential to rear a generation at the very top of society that has all the qualities needed to lead and give the people the inspiration and the drive to make it succeed. In short, the elite.. Every society tries to produce this type. The British have special schools for them: the gifted and talented are sent to Eton and Harrow.
Lee Kuan Yew