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

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

Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you're dead

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

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.

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

My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation and emerged determined that no one–neither Japanese nor British–had the right to push and kick us around. We determined that we could govern ourselves and bring up our children in a country where we can be proud to be self-respecting people.