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Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, March 20, 2013 in Singapore
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Lee Kuan Yew had a strong opinion about most anything. As he once said, “I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.” Here’s a sampling of his other pronouncements over the decades:

On Singapore

On Democracy

On the U.S.

On Terrorism

On China

On Leadership

On His Late Wife, and Life and Death

Sources: Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World; Lee Kuan Yew: One Man’s View of the World; The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew

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