Lee Kuan Yew Quotes

“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."... quote from the book Hard Truth by Mr Lee Kuan Yew.”
― Ethan Ang, Lee Kuan Yew: The Unofficial Biography

“Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema… The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.”
― Ethan Ang, Lee Kuan Yew: The Unofficial Biography

“I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn’t be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn’t be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters – who your neighbor is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.”
― Ethan Ang, Lee Kuan Yew: The Unofficial Biography

“You’ve got to do one of two things when you’ve got to keep people happy: either, give them something that will satisfy them, better food, better clothes, better homes; or if you can’t do that, then give them the vision of greatness to come”.”
― Ethan Ang, Lee Kuan Yew: The Unofficial Biography

“You know the Singaporean. He is a hard-working, industrious, rugged individual. Or we would not have made the grade. But let us also recognize that he is a champion grumbler.”
― Ethan Ang, Lee Kuan Yew: The Unofficial Biography

“narrow-minded protectionism,”
― Ethan Ang, Lee Kuan Yew: The Unofficial Biography