The book I quoted about Lee is world acclaimed and available in all leading stores of the world. Lee and Hitler had no difference-vide the quotes above; one difference that made a small plain strong and failure in Germany was/is that the Hitler regime strived for the good of the nation with a lot of invasions while Lee was a tyrant but strived hard to lift it up by such measures and so people endured them all. He is a diplomat and as Hitler was , a very good prator; so any orator will win the sympathy by expressions but his ultimate aim was as head of a lion rather than the tail of tiger. K Rajaram IRS 7125
On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 at 19:31, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Lee Kuan Yew Published 22 March 2015 BBC > > He argued that people needed to be shaped by governments into nations - > and was unapologetic about the steps he took to do this. > > Split from Malaysia > > Transcript of an emotional press conference, external on 9 August 1965, > after Malaysia voted to expel Singapore > > "*For me it is a moment of anguish* because all my life... I have > believed in merger and the unity of these two territories. You know, it's a > people, connected by geography, economics, and ties of kinship. *Would > you mind if we stop for a while?* [pause for Mr Lee to regain his > composure] --1 > > [Several paragraphs later] *There is nothing to be worried about it.* > Many things will go on just as usual. *But be firm, be calm. We are going > to have a multi-racial nation in Singapore... Everybody will have his > place: equal; language, culture, religion."* 2 > > I don’t think the expressions of Lee were neither as expressed in > Q and A or as expressed by the useless senior member of Iyer 123. > > Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > MORE FROM LEE: > > Press freedom > > Address to the General Assembly of the International Press Institute , > externalat Helsinki on 9 June 1971 > > "What role would men and governments in new countries like the mass media > to play?... The mass media can help to present Singapore's problems simply > and clearly and then explain how if they support certain programmes and > policies these problems can be solved. More important, we want the mass > media to reinforce, not to undermine, the cultural values and social > attitudes being inculcated in our schools and universities. > > [Several paragraphs later] Freedom of the press, freedom of the news > media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of > Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government." > > Role of the state > > Speech to the National Day Rally in 1986, quoted in the Straits Times on > 20 April 1987 > > "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." > > The West > > Interview with Foreign Policy, external, March/April 1994 > > "Let me be frank; if we did not have the good points of the West to guide > us, we wouldn't have got out of our backwardness. We would have been a > backward economy with a backward society. But we do not want all of the > West." > > [Responding to a separate question] > > "Let me give you an example that encapsulates the whole difference between > America and Singapore. America has a vicious drug problem. How does it > solve it? It goes around the world helping other anti-narcotic agencies to > try and stop the suppliers... Singapore does not have that option. > > What we can do is to pass a law which says that any customs officer or > policeman who sees anybody in Singapore behaving suspiciously... can > require that man to have his urine tested. If the sample is found to > contain drugs, the man immediately goes for treatment. In America if you > did that it would be an invasion of the individual's rights and you would > be sued." > > Political opponents > > On JB Jeyaretnam, a lawyer and opposition lawmaker who called for greater > freedoms but was bankrupted by Mr Lee via the courts, in Lee Kuan Yew, The > Man And His Ideas, 1997 > > > > "If you are a troublemaker… it's our job to politically destroy you. Put > it this way. As long as JB Jeyaretnam stands for what he stands for - a > thoroughly destructive force - we will knock him. Everybody knows that in > my bag I have a hatchet, and a very sharp one. You take me on, I take my > hatchet, we meet in the cul-de-sac." > > The Singapore model > > Interview with the New York Times,, external 29 August 2007 > > "We knew that if we were just like our neighbours, we would die. Because > we've got nothing to offer against what they have to offer. So we had to > produce something which is different and better than what they have. It's > incorrupt. It's efficient. It's meritocratic. It works. > > We are pragmatists... Does it work? Let's try it and if it does work, > fine, let's continue it. If it doesn't work, toss it out, try another one. > We are not enamoured with any ideology." > > Future challenges > > Interview with the New York Times , externalon 13 Sept 2010 > > "The regret is there's such a narrow base to build this enormous edifice, > so I've got to tell the next generation, please do not take for granted > what's been built. > > If you forget that this is a small island which we are built upon and > reach a 100 storeys-high tower block and may go up to 150 if you are wise. > But if you believe that it's permanent, it will come tumbling down and you > will never get a second chance." > > His legacy > > Interview with the New York Times , externalon 13 Sept 2010 > > "The final verdict will not be in the obituaries. The final verdict will > be when the PhD students dig out the archives, read my old papers, assess > what my enemies have said, sift the evidence and seek the truth. > > I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was > for an honourable purpose." > > KR IRS 6125 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZor-s191mNaQF%2B0hws%3DEKTHLptvkuSo-5zZN0TzHrj_NmA%40mail.gmail.com.
