I 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.

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

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

India is scared of the competition... because Chinese goods will go into India and compete.

Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless.

I’m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that’s what the British bequeathed us

I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.