Author: Lee Kuan Yew

Quotes

The ultimate test of the value of a political system is whether it helps that society to establish conditions which improve the standard of living for the majority of its people.

The ultimate test of the value of a political system is whether it helps that society to establish conditions which improve the standard of living for the majority of its people.

- Lee Kuan Yew

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice.

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice.

- Lee Kuan Yew

China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power.

China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power.

- Lee Kuan Yew

How do I comfort myself? Well, I say, 'Life is just like that.'

How do I comfort myself? Well, I say, 'Life is just like that.'

- Lee Kuan Yew

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