How did he start his political life?
“I begin my political life representing the trade union”
Lee Kuan Yew at NTUC 50th Anniversary Dinner
Lee Kuan Yew started his political life representing the trade unions
Singapore is always in Lee Kuan Yew’s heart
“Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards. This is your life and mine. I’ve spent a whole lifetime building this and as long as I’m in charge, nobody is going to knock it down.”
Rally speech at Raffles Place, 1980
Lee Kuan Yew as long as I’m in charge, nobody is going to knock Singapore down
On the People of Singapore
“…our strength is our hard-working, disciplined and well-educated people who are willing to learn to use new technology and work new systems, or are willing to go back to school or workshop to be retrained.”
May Day message 199o
Lee Kuan Yew talks about the people of Singapore
Singapore overcoming SARS
“Fighting SARS from mid-March to [the]end of May, we were united as one people to protect the health and safety of everyone. This experience bonded us as one people regardless of race, language or religion. So, I have renewed confidence that we have the unity and strength to overcome our difficulties.”
Lee Kuan Yew address at a Dialogue Session with NTUC Leaders at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (23 Jul 2003)
Lee Kuan Yew – Singaporean is united as one people
On political leadership
“…a political leader must be able to persuade people to accept and help push a painful policy which he had decided was necessary and good for the country.”
Speech at President Ong Teng Cheong’s Birthday Dinner at the Shangri-la Hotel, Singapore (22 Jan 1996)
Lee Kuan Yew on Leadership
On Lee Hsien Loong
“If I were not the Prime Minister, he [Lee Hsien Loong] could have become Prime Minister several years earlier. It is against my interest to allow any family member, who’s incapable, to be holding an important job because that would be a disaster for Singapore and my legacy. That cannot be allowed.”
2005 The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew Life on Lee Hsien Loong
Fighting for workers
“…we have always a member of the NTUC on the cabinet. So in every issue at stake, we take into account what’s the benefit to workers here, what’s the dis-benefit. So, whether there is a growing disparity in wages at the top and the bottom because of globalisation or whatever, we try to bring about a more equitable solution.”
Lee Kuan Yew’s speech @ NTUC’s 50th anniversary dinner
Lee Kuan Yew fighting for workers
On woman at work
“The only differences between men and women workers are the physical and biological ones. Women are equal to men in intellectual capacity.” “Societies which do not educate and use half their potential because they are women are those which will be the worse off.”
Speech at International Woman’s Year 1975
Lee Kuan Yew fighting for workers
On Asian culture.
“Only when we first know our traditional values can we be quite clear the Western world is a different system, a different voltage, structured for purposes different from ours.”
Speech at the Singapore Teachers Union’s 26th Anniversary Dinner Held at Shangri-la Hotel (5 Nov 1972)
Lee Kuan Yew Life on Asian culture
Remembering Our Founding Father – Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew Life on the need for more world heroes
