Awesome Words
“I never worry about action, but only about inaction.” Winston Churchill
SDP Annual Dinner
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Event: SDP Annual Dinner
Date/Time: 31 Aug 08, Sun (6.00pm)
Tickets: $25 per person
Dinner: Luau buffet
Dress: Something Hawaiian |
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Political Hors D'œuvre
 "Hors D'oeuvre (pronounced or-durve and not horse-duh-voah as Minister for State Ho Peng Kee did) refer to savoury delectables served before the main course.
In this segment, we present bite-size political statements by members of the ruling elite.
Unlike appetizers, however, these PAP-served hors d'oeuvres are really indigestible. So if you don't want to ruin your appetite, we suggest you skip this section."
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 "To build a country, you need passion. If you just do your sums - plus, minuses, credit, debit - you are a washout."
(Straits Times, 21 Aug 89)
"If you are going to quarrel about S$46 million – up or down another S$10 to S$20 million – I say you don't have a sense of proportion."
(Channel News Asia, Apr 07)
- Lee kuan Yew
Minister Mentor
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 "If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off that bar top. Some people will die as a result of liberalising bar-top dancing. Not just because they've fallen off the bar top, but because it's usually a young girl with a short skirt who's dancing on it, who may attract some insults from some other men. The boyfriend starts fighting. Some people will die. Blood will be shed for liberalising the policy."
- Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
Chairman of Remaking S'pore Committee
(Straits Times, 3 Oct 01)
[Bar-top dancing was legalised in Singapore in Sep 03]
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 "I have visited [Burma] and I know that there is only one instrument of government, and that is the army." (1996) "These are rather dumb generals when it comes to the economy." (2007) - Lee kuan Yew
Minister Mentor
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 "In Singapore...you can organize what you want. You can say anything you want, and all sorts of things are said and debated in Singapore."
- Lee Hsien Loong
Prime Minister
(Interview with Charlie Rose, Aug 05)
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"Singapore's laws must be decided by Singaporeans, not by foreigners like Gopalan Nair, who is a U.S. citizen, or by the foreign media. Foreign media are entitled to report and comment on what is happening in Singapore, but they circulate here subject to Singapore law. They have no right to defame, to give a skewed account of court proceedings, or to engage in Singapore politics, for example, by campaigning for their version of Western style "democracy" for Singapore."
- LKY's Press Secretary, Mdm YY Yeong (letter to Wall Street Journal regarding Democracy in Singapore)
 "They can shout as loud as they like from Washington or from London or from any other quarter. Our people, our people, only our people will decide and nobody else," he said."
- Robert Mugabe, Zimbawean despot (as reported by BBC)
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