Three statements of Lee Kuan Yew phenomenal

SINGAPORE [IFN] --  Lee Kuan Yew is the Father of the Nation that transform Singapore from the port city became one of the well respected global financial.
He stated that the public should be established by the state government, and he apologized for the steps he took to create it.

- Split from Malaysia
Transcript of press conference on August 9, 1965, after separating Malaysia Singapore.

"For me, this is quite a painful moment for all my life ... I unbelievers in merger and unity on these two areas. You know, there are people who are connected by geography, economics, and the attachment of kinship. Would you mind if we pause? (no pause and Lee sigh)

(A few paragraphs later) There's nothing to worry about. Many things will take place as usual. But should remain calm and confident. We will become a multi-racial country in Singapore. Everyone will get their own place: justice, language, culture, and religion. "

- Freedom of the press

Addressed to the General Assembly of the International Press Institute in Helsinki on June 9, 1971

"What role do you want the citizens and the government in the new state by the mass media? .. The media can help menambilkan Singapore issues in a simple and clear and then explain how they support specific programs and policies on the solution of the problems that exist. More importantly Again, we want to strengthen the mass media, not undermine, cultural values ​​and social attitudes instilled in our schools and universities.

Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, should be subject to the primary needs of the integrity of Singapore, and the primacy of the goal of an elected government. "


- The role of the state
Speech at the National Day Rally in 1986, as quoted in the Straits Times on 20 April 1987.

"I am often accused of intervening in the lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, instead I've done it, we would not be here today.
And I say without the slightest remorse, that we would not be here, we will not make economic progress, if we do not intervene in matters which are very personal - who your neighbors are, how you live, the sound you make, how You spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. "