Lee Kuan Yew on "interfering" in the private lives of Singaporeans | From the archives 

If I have to choose a dictator, chairman or dear leader, I choose Lee Kuan Yew.

In western culture, the last statement is ALWAYS omitted, "you pay the price". Paying the price meant the responsibilities and consequences of your choice

One of the greatest policies Lee kuan Yew introduced was zero tolerance towards narcotics. You crack down on narcotics like nobody's business, you keep half of the societal problems including organized drug crimes away.

LKY was a visionary. World need more statesman like him.

"You decide....You make up your mind....You exercise the choice.....You pay the price - LKY" wow every time he speaks we can make a life worthy poster out of it ❤

He is a brave man, and guided by wisdom. He dare to be different in his approach, and stand up for the needs of Singapore when it is uniquely suited to the social economical environment of the nation. My salute to you, sir!

Greatest leader mankind has seen in modern era. I can't recall anyone who matches this man.

The founding father of Singapore put much hardship to unit the people with one language of English and preserved the mother tangue for all races.

I am so blessed to live and seen him during his time.

Brilliant understanding and determination to actually achieve what we in the west cannot achieve through lack of will. Successful integration. So much admiration for this actual leader

"A democracy is as good as its people. A dictatorship is as good as its dictator". If I ever had to choose a dictator, I'd choose Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.

A man with a clear vision A Truly great leader

A great visionary leader! World needs this kind of leader in every country for world's harmony! 🙏🙏🙏

Damn and see how Singapore 🇸🇬 is now! Bloody successful and very very rich! Economically rich!

This man speaks the truth.

Thank you for this …

Love you LKY...! Love the Singapore you created..togather with your comrades! Yes..we can understand each other pretty well in Singapore..different races..indeed..pretty get togather..thank you..by now..my family is multi racially intergrated!

He is my Hero 🙏🙏

i would listen everytime he talks because its interesting yet pragmatic af

The best founding father a nation and people could ask for.

Yes he indeed is a brave & far-sighted man. Lee kuan yew was a genius. As compared to Malaysia now, the difference is even more stark. So so sad.

Simply a brilliant mind! 🙏

A man with a vision. One of the true greatest leaders ever.

I could not agree more❤

Made Singapore the great state it is today. ❤️

A benovolent dictator or monarch can do marvels the hard thing is finding a benevolent and competent man

What a visionary Lee Kuan Yew was. The world would be a much better place had there been more statesmen like him.

Bro literally solved racism

Greatest leader world has seen. I wish every country to emulate his foot steps for the quality improvement of the lives of the countrymen

We need more leaders like him . Not the amoral toads we currently have.

Just learning about this dude and daaaaaaaamn hes ALPHA as hell. What a badass.

Wise sage indeed.

A leader who try to be correct, not politically correct.

The greatest element which gives strong cohesiveness in human collective is MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY !

Powerful leader

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This man speaks no bulls*it. Kudos

Mr LKY , a great visionary leader who had an extreme clarity of thought. Who knew what he was doing . Under his leadership singapore rose from being a garbage dump yard to become one of the most prosperous nations out there, even surpassing some of the so called “first world” countries.

A great man.. he fully understood human nature and division ... he engineered peace and prosperity..

Some comparing Singapore and India, it's is not possible, singapore is equivalent of a giant apartment society.. Where he took drastic efforts, and took him lot of time.. Imagine the same for a big country.. And political system...

Great man, LKY.

THE GREAT FOUNDER MR. LEE KUAN YEW'S FIRM BELIEVE & SMART VISION OF SINGAPORE THAT HE SHAPE UP WHAT IS SINGAPORE HAD BECOME A RICH & POWERFUL & WELL RESPECTED COUNTRY OF TODAY.......

He's kind of the archetype of the benevolent dictator. This doesn't mean that other dictators will be benevolent. Usually they spend nearly all of their time putting down opposition and solidifying power.

A better world....is just momentary.... eternal bliss is better.

Awesome leader

He is the leader that Malaysia needed, and sadly let go of.

He is the best

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Although he has taken some harsh steps but I will still say that he is the real father of the nation Singapore is really lucky that they have got such a great leader long live Singapore ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

Such a wise man

ขอบคุณค่ะ นาย.🎉 นิว

every country needs a LKY

A legend.

❤❤❤ 🙏 we must learn, how to correct at source once or constantly and outcomes follows voluntarily and Independently with more overall progress and betterment at individual, society, organisation and national level...and just see Singapore overall progress...

Americans should learn from this gentleman

Wish he is still around today

He is a great leader, but efficiency has its place and no more.

most of the first generation leaders of any great nation has their merits.. Lee Kuan Yew is just the top of the top.

🙏💐🌹

lowkey he was a dictator but a good one and I respect that.

MERDEKA. MERDEKA MERDEKA RIP....RIP....RIP

He was needed badly in the Philippines. He is also needed badly in the modern Western World.

Let's call new era a limit .

If he didnt do like he did then singapore could have ended like yugoslavia. Yet for all his actions he isnt perfect yet nobody is perfect...

Just imagine LKZ would have governed the USA for a decade or so. It would be a far, far more decent country than the fraying one it is now... He is the giant of the 20th century, a wise and courageous politician of the kind none is left anywhere today.

So true... He was a Genius. Lead people in the right direction. India Is the opposite of everything he just said.

India need this type of leader❤

A leader leads the crowd, doesn't follow them. Lee Kuan Yew is arguably the greatest leader of 20th century, unlike present ones like Trump, Modi and Erdogan, he didn't fool the masses. Now Singaporeans are wisest bunch of lots who doesn't jump into seas to beg for mercy in corners of Western cities.

He knew. If one is not disciplined, everything will collapse

You cannot have a civilised society if there are not rules. I seen universally there are laws that govern outside earth. Of course those that do not agree will not like it. But those same people who have then fog of youth; once lifted understand and take advantage of the designs made to help society. Freedoms are not free. Nothing in this life is free. Give or give not it does not matter. We are all products on the one source of light and you will learn in this life or the next.

good guy

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I have respect for this man, but what sets him apart from other leaders, is his dedication the the nation.

Shengwu Li @ShengwuLi Jul 11, 2022 It has been 5 years since I left home, because of a political prosecution by the Singapore government. Friends often ask me if it's safe to return. What is any more to say about LKY's achievement when his own grandson fears to come back ?

If not for him LKY we wouldn't be here all alive, I can tell you why because I seen so many

That’s why there is a big statue of him in Singapore

A dictator who was not controlled by the " power corrupts ,absolute power corrupts absolutely " paradigm

Nostradamus with power.

never sleep when someone is talking.

"But we either believe in democracy or we don't. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint from the any democratic processes, other than by the ordinary law of the land, should be allowed... If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought, and no excuse, whether of security, should allow a government to be deterred from doing what it knows to be right, and what it must know to be right..." As an Indonesian whose country has labored under the same kinds of arguments that Lee would famously use later in life, I often wonder what happened to this 31-year-old from Singapore, only five days into Leadership of the Opposition, in whom the flames of idealism burned. Perhaps if UMNO had not brutalized him and brutalized Singapore the way it did, perhaps if Malaysia had been a kinder Malaysia in those fateful years, he would not be so despairingly cynical and so devoid of hope, and perhaps he would not chase a great Singapore at the expense of a good Singapore as single-mindedly as he did.

I cry listening to this visionary leader. I cry because Kwame Nkrumah would have brought same development to my motherland, GHANA if not for some unscrupulous, miscreants and barbaric individuals used against him from within, supported by the West

Everything has a price, there's no free lunch

hhmmss: 4:06 - 5:06 trade off cost benefit advantages disadvantages pros cons

Great Man.

Yes it's true that it was very effective in the past where people weren't as educated or as smart. However sticking to the same strategy in this fast paced world would backfire. The "I'm smarter than you so trust me" approach would only slow down the citizens and Singapore would lose its competitive edge. Instead, it should aim to empower singaporeans now. Sending them out against the best of other countries while telling them "just try, no matter what Singapore will have your back" That's the way to succeed

Finished all languages and established foreign language.

Thank you to the many so called lovers of Democracy in this comment sections who are worried about the government of other countries while they themselves cannot fix the corrupted government and the poverty in their country. 😂😂. As for me, whether it's Democracy, Socialist, Communists,etc, every kind of government is good. What matters is not the government, but the one that is put in charge to govern that country.

If this guy is behind the formation of modern singapore then he is nothing sort of a legend.

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Tey Cheang Wan was alive!

Meanwhile in the us after almost one gun violence per day: the NRA is taking away my gun, they taking away my rights!!!

Long live Lee Kyuan Yew, Long live Deng Xiaoping and Long live Subash Chandra Bose.. ❤❤❤❤

04:08 Teh Cheang Wan ...

It is a small island and pulling off a social and economic experiment is possible. It is a pity it is almost impossible on a larger scale.

old singapore speaking 4 languages...so he tried to unite, making english the common language in school... but then now everywhere speak mandarin, speak mandarin, speak mandarin... even enforcement officers need to be able to speak mandarin because the china workers...so how? from a dominantly malay speaking country (speak to older chinese or indian singaporeans, many knows malay), he managed to change slowly with speak mandarin campaign, and now with the influx of china workers, somehow it shows like his idea from old plans

Singapore is what We’re Indians need to look for to see how to live in peace. Some sections of society is unwilling. However we are happy we are quite diverse. That being said i wish they would interfere a bit more to unite the nation

If Singapore and Malaysia have not separate lky could have do more greater things..

2: 40 "Teaching Mandarin in schools... is a necessary intervention." Controversial as it is today, these words need to be regurgitated. (Singapore will be nothing if we do not keep a bilingual education system.)

Father of Kiasu

I thought they made the national language English not Chinese?