Ideals Subordinate to Wealth-Creation Laws

“Lee Kuan Yew never ceased to reflect on his actions regarding economic development, education, political science, culture, geopolitics, and ethnic issues. This intellectual has always read extensively on all these subjects to renew himself. He is characterized above all by the pragmatism and adaptability of his intelligence: he always knew how to differentiate between his ideals and what was possible to achieve, for example, between his socialist aspirations and the capitalist laws of wealth creation.”

“Ideology never blinded him. On the contrary, his ability to decipher reality, to see it as it is, has always been one of his constants. Very often, he bases his opinions on his observations. Moreover, he regularly begins his sentences with the expression “according to my observations.” And when his observations differ from what he thinks, then he changes his way of thinking.”