I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
From 1945 to 1991, China was engaged in a series of wars that nearly broke them. This generation has been through hell: the Great Leap Forward, hunger, starvation, near collision with the Russians – the Cultural Revolution gone mad. I have no doubt that this generation wants a peaceful rise. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
Latecomers to industrial development have had to catch up by finding ways of closing the gap. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
The enduring lesson is war is a disaster. Whoever wins, tremendous loss of life, property – a set back for civilisation. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
Peace and security in the Asia-Pacific will turn on whether China emerges as a xenophobic, chauvinistic force, bitter and hostile to the West because it tried to slow down or abort its development, or whether it is educated and involved in the ways of the world – more cosmopolitan, more internationalized and outward looking. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
President Nixon was a pragmatic strategist. He would engage, not contain, China, but he would also quietly set pieces into place for a fallback position should China not play according to the rules as a good global citizen. Lee Kuan Yew Read Quote
