Tag: Lee Kuan Yew

Reagan hosts Lee Kuan Yew

Ronald Reagan is undoubtedly my favorite US president. He was a good man but of course not without his faults (just like the rest of us.) Another favorite — perhaps the best — politician of our modern world was Lee Kuan Yew. He was extremely wise and extremely intelligent: a combination rarely present in politicians. He was a blessing to our world. He influenced the world, not just tiny Singapore.

President Ronald Reagan hosted Prime Minister Lee  Kuan Yew at the White House on October 8th, 1985. The video of the remarks before the formal dinner is heartwarming. Continue reading “Reagan hosts Lee Kuan Yew”

A Lee Kuan Yew Anthology

Recently, Mr Zane Austen assembled “The Comprehensive Lee Kuan Yew Anthology” (PDF, 200MB.) I quickly scanned through the over 12,000 pages. For people like me who think that LKY was one of the greatest  benefactors of humanity in the 20th century CE, it is a good reference work. (Hat tip: @smjalageri via twitter.)

Lee Kuan Yew “Lessons in Leadership” — The Harvard Interview

Mr Lee Kuan Yew

What makes for a good leader? That depends on how you define good and the context — a corporation or a nation or a social movement. How much do qualities such as morality, integrity, intelligence and other personal traits matter? Are leaders born or are they made by accidental circumstances? Can a political leader really alter the trajectory of a nation dramatically for the better?

Because questions like those matter to me, I found much of interest in the Youtube video of the October 2000 interview of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore by Harvard Kennedy School professors David Gergen, Ron Heifetz, Dean Williams, and John Thomas.  Continue reading “Lee Kuan Yew “Lessons in Leadership” — The Harvard Interview”

The Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew

LKYMr Lee Kuan Yew was a sage. Politicians are generally vile, myopic, self-serving, stupid, vacuous windbags. That Singapore had a Confucian sage for its first prime minister is amazing. Too bad Singapore is a small country. Imagine if LKY had been the first prime minister of India. India’s economy today would probably have been about 10 times that of China, instead of being 1/5th that it is today. Continue reading “The Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”