Lee Kuan Yew/prime Minister Post-independence - 1965 To 1990

Famous quotes containing the words prime, minister, lee and/or yew:

    Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    But, my dear, you cannot live in isolation from the human race, you know.
    John Clifford, U.S. screenwriter, and Herk Harvey. Minister (Stan Levitt)

    It’s almost as if they were saying, “You live your life, and we’ll live ours.”
    Richard Fielding, and Lee Sholem. Lois Lane (Phyllis Coates)

    My silks and fine array,
    My smiles and languish’d air,
    By Love are driv’n away;
    And mournful lean Despair
    Brings me yew to deck my grave:
    Such end true lovers have.
    William Blake (1757–1827)