“Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up.”

— Lee Kuan Yew · Courage quote

Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up. — Lee Kuan Yew quote card
Statesman · 1923 – 2015

Founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister for 31 years and architect of its rise to prosperity.

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