“If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.”

—  Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew, in a wry aside to critics who have accused him of governing Singapore like a nanny state, From Third World to First, The Singapore Story: 1965-2000, Lee Kuan Yew. 2000)
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