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.

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

I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

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!

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

I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.

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.