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Singapore run only by PhDs would be my vision of a purgatory. Equally, a government run by roadsweepers can be no less a terrifying place to live in.

— Sinnathamby Rajaratnam

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TEE 60TH BIRTHDAY OF PRIME MINISTER, MR LEE KUAN YEW HELD AT TEE MANDARINHOTELONFRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 1983. P6:nas.gov.sg)

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One united people, regardless of race, language or religion.

If you think of yourself as Chinese, Malays, Indians and Sri Lankans, then Singapore will collapse. You must think of Singapore: 'This is my country.' I fight and die for Singapore if necessary.

If this is an attempt by voters to blackmail the government, to compromise on important issues or principles, then we must show them we cannot be blackmailed. No government should succumb to blackmail.

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