When you're Singapore's leader and your existence depends on performance--extraordinary performance, better than your competitors--when that performance disappears because the system on which it's been based becomes eroded, then you've lost everything... #LeeKuanYew

- August 23, 2025

When you're Singapore's leader and your existence depends on performance--extraordinary performance, better than your competitors--when that performance disappears because the system on which it's been based becomes eroded, then you've lost everything... #LeeKuanYew
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When you're Singapore's leader and your existence depends on performance--extraordinary performance, better than your competitors--when that performance disappears because the system on which it's been based becomes eroded, then you've lost everything... #LeeKuanYew

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