Singaporean - Politician | February 10, 1952 -
It takes time, but I have a promising team of younger Ministers, and I am quite sure from amongst them, one leader will emerge.
Lee Hsien Loong
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There is always competition for influence, but there are also opportunities for cooperation.
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Countries in Asia - Singapore, certainly, but many other countries too - are good friends to both China and America, and we would like to be good friends with both.
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To represent the nation, you must have multiracial representation.
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You need to have good people: honourable, capable, committed in politics, standing in public office. It's not a guarantee, but it's the ideal we have to aim for.
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Basically, if you become president, you must swear to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and what the Constitution says.
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You will always have politics being pushed towards multiracial politics because you have to field a team.
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I hope that soon after the next election, amongst them they will have decided, settled, and the leader will be ready to take over from me.
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With Singaporeans, you speak English, you're well-educated, the doors open everywhere.
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Nowadays, however strong an economy is, not all roads will lead only there. There will be other links between countries in Asia, with America, with Europe, and China will fit into this global network.
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We are looking for ways where you can have a sandbox, where you have a restricted environment within which people can try new things, and I can try new rules. And depending on what works, then I open up the sandbox, and it becomes the new rule for the whole system.
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Over half a century working together on multiple issues, Singaporeans and Americans have made many enduring and close personal friendships.
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