"With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countriesâ€¦What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient."

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Source : "Democracy, Human Rights and the Realities". Speech in Tokyo, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 1992.

Lee Kuan Yew

#Country Quotes #Government Quotes #Chinese Quotes

“It is patience that reveals every grace to you, and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised to them.”
“Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.”
“The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.”
“She couldnâ€™t get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldnâ€™t get away.”
“We live in a time when there are tech companies that have an unprecedented accumulation of power, wealth, and information with basically no competition. It's not in their nature to self-regulate, to break themselves up, or ask for less information. It's only in their nature to grow and gain more information from us, because the more that they know about us, honestly the better they can market to us and sell to us and make us better consumers.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com
“As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.”
“I paint what I see and not what others like to see.”
“I'm not big on regret - until time travel actually exists, it seems like a waste of making yourself feel bad”

Source : Julie Klausner (2010). “I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Se nsitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated”, p.36, Penguin

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