Top 25 Quotes by Lee Kuan Yew of 107 - Page 5

Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared to go before a court, stand in the witness box and face the most aggressive of lawyers who can

Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared to go before a court, stand in the witness box and face the most aggressive of lawyers who can cross-examine me on my personal history.

Lee Kuan Yew

Taken, Faces, Election Time

It is not the practice, now will I allow subversives to get away by insisting that I’ve got to prove everything against them in a court of law or [produce] evidence that will stand up to the strict rules of evidence of a court of law.

Lee Kuan Yew

Law, Practice, Produce

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

Lee Kuan Yew

Philippines, Nests, Indonesia

CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2002.

If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being done, then I would not have the slightest doubt that I could govern much more effectively in their interests.

Lee Kuan Yew

Doubt, Done, Authority

Radio Interview in 1960. "South-East Asia: A Political Profile". Book by Damien Kingsbury, p. 337, 2001.

I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place, and then to the last paragraph where in small type it added the meeting would take place where we were now. I compared this with a prominent report about an SPA rally. This was flagrant bias.

Lee Kuan Yew

Police, Lasts, Empresses

Lee Kuan Yew (2015). “The Singapore Story (Student Edition): Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.154, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd

Well if done a lot of hard work to try and get people to act rationally, the fact that weve had 15 deviant Muslims, plus 5 or 8 others that got away does not mean that all Muslims are deviant or extremists.

Lee Kuan Yew

Work, Mean, People

CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. May 14, 2002.