China can draw on a talent pool of 1.3 billion people, but the United States can draw on a talent pool of 7 billion and recombine them in a diverse culture that enhances creativity in a way that ethnic Han nationalism cannot.More Lee Kuan Yew quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

You’re talking about Rwanda or Bangladesh, or Cambodia, or the Philippines. They’ve got democracy, according to Freedom House. But have you got a civilised life to lead? People want economic development first and foremost. The leaders may talk something else. You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.More Lee Kuan Yew quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

As you solve one set of problems, new ones appear. That is part of the nature of life.More Lee Kuan Yew quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there is no need for unified front politics.More Lee Kuan Yew quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

You marry a non-graduate, then you are going to worry if your son or daughter is going to make it to the university.More Lee Kuan Yew quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]