李光耀(Lee Kuan Yew)是了不起的華人政治領(lǐng)袖，新加坡國(guó)父。把新加坡從落后的東南亞小國(guó)治理成亞洲四小龍，創(chuàng)造了舉世矚目的經(jīng)濟(jì)成就。侃哥精選10句他曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)的至理名言，也算是對(duì)他老人家的一種緬懷。
1. 我只做正確的事情，不管是否政治正確。
I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.
2. 我們先要處理的事是什麼?第一，福利和民生。其次是民主規(guī)范，以及須不時(shí)中止的民主進(jìn)程。
What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the survival of the people. Then, democratic norms and processes which from time to time we have to suspend.
3. 哪怕我臥病在床丶哪怕我已經(jīng)入土，要是我覺(jué)得新加坡有什麼不妥，我就會(huì)站起來(lái)。
Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.
4. 我的同僚并不怕我，一點(diǎn)都不。他們有話(huà)就直說(shuō)，也沒(méi)什麼后果。但如果我們?nèi)斡伤藧阂夤簦麄�(gè)制度就將遭到破壞。
My colleagues are not intimidated by me. Far from it. They speak their minds. Nothing has happened to them. But if we allow vicious, evil attacks to pass unchallenged - then the whole system must be undermined.”
5.我平生受過(guò)各種指責(zé)，但連我最大的敵人都不敢說(shuō)我怯於表達(dá)意見(jiàn)。
I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.
6. 一人一票是最難操作的政制形式……結(jié)果難以預(yù)料。
One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government... Results can be erratic.
7. 并非所有反對(duì)人民行動(dòng)黨的人都是共產(chǎn)主義者。他們有些是共產(chǎn)主義者丶有些是反動(dòng)分子丶有些是機(jī)會(huì)主義者，但有些只是糊涂蛋。
Not all who oppose the PAP are communists; some are communists, some reactionaries, some opportunists and some merely confused.”
8. 要讓人民快樂(lè)，有兩件事情是可以做的，但必須做其中一件。一是給予人民感到滿(mǎn)足的東西──好的食物丶好的衣服丶一個(gè)美好的家;如果你做不到，就給他們一個(gè)美好的憧憬。
You’ve got to do one of two things when you’ve got to keep people happy: either, give them something that will satisfy them, better food, better clothes, better homes; or if you can’t do that, then give them the vision of greatness to come.
9.生命不只是吃、喝、看電視、看電影……人類(lèi)必須具創(chuàng)意、必須有自發(fā)性，不可只依賴(lài)玩意兒自?shī)省?/p>
Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema…The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.
10. 我沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)有人上完領(lǐng)袖課便能當(dāng)領(lǐng)袖的。
I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.