“I was never prisoner of any theory. What guided me was reason and reality. If it did not work, or the results are poor, I did not waste more time and resources on it.” LKY on their approach to nation building.
Rational. Simple to state. So difficult to consistently apply.
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Random asides:
Goh Keng Swee was a terrible judge of character.
Toh Chin Chye used a heater under the cabinet table.
Goh Chok Tong was “tall, gangling, awkward”
LKY told his kids ‘they must be happy to have their children as bright only as their spouses’.
