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.

Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.

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

We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.

I have no regrets. I have spent my life, so much of it, building up this country. There's nothing more that I need to do. At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

There is nothing to prevent you from pushing your propaganda, to push your programme out to the students or with the public at large…and if you can carry the ground, if you are right, you win. That’s democracy.