leekuanyew-isms
quotes or aphorisms by singapore’s late long-serving prime minister, lee kuan yew, who was arguably dubbed a “dictator-capitalist” by the anti-singapore foreign press.
some leekuanyew-isms are:
“n-body can master two languages at the same level. if you think you can, you are deceiving yourself.”
“what you say, you must mean, and what you mean, you must deliver. i always understate what i intend to do and overachieve.”
“singapore exists because of one invention, the air conditioner. a once corrupt jungle full of pirates and drug dealers is now a haven of modernity and the pinnacle of civilization.”
“even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and i feel something is going wrong, i will get up.”
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