Look at US and Australia ( though Europe may be better) , their
people are indisciplined, cry rights for every small thing to
exploit, line up for social security money, to much power given to
private corporations which in turn jack up prices leading to
inflation. Their politicians argue in court to "fix" each other up
and end up doing nothing. Decisions take a long time and their
country budgets are on deficiets. They are on debt for billions and
trillions
LKY was right
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,
1962
“What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the
survival of the people. Then, democratic norms and processes which
from time to time we have to
suspend.”
-
Lee Kuan Yew, 1986 National Day
Rally
“Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a
white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work
with
Asians?”
-
Lee Kuan Yew, Asahai Shimbun symposium, May 9,
1991
“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 neighbour 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.”
-
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Straits Times, 20 April
1987
