李光耀(Lee Kuan Yew)是了不起的华人政治领袖，新加坡国父。把新加坡从落后的东南亚小国治理成亚洲四小龙，创造了举世瞩目的经济成就。侃哥精选10句他曾经说过的至理名言，也算是对他老人家的一种缅怀。
1. 我只做正确的事情，不管是否政治正确。
I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.
2. 我们先要处理的事是什麽?第一，福利和民生。其次是民主规范，以及须不时中止的民主进程。
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. 哪怕我卧病在床丶哪怕我已经入土，要是我觉得新加坡有什麽不妥，我就会站起来。
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，一点都不。他们有话就直说，也没什麽后果。但如果我们任由他人恶意攻击，整个制度就将遭到破坏。
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.我平生受过各种指责，但连我最大的敌人都不敢说我怯於表达意见。
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. 一人一票是最难操作的政制形式……结果难以预料。
One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government... Results can be erratic.
7. 并非所有反对人民行动党的人都是共产主义者。他们有些是共产主义者丶有些是反动分子丶有些是机会主义者，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. 要让人民快乐，有两件事情是可以做的，但必须做其中一件。一是给予人民感到满足的东西──好的食物丶好的衣服丶一个美好的家;如果你做不到，就给他们一个美好的憧憬。
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、看电视、看电影……人类必须具创意、必须有自发性，不可只依赖玩意儿自娱。
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. 我没听说过有人上完领袖课便能当领袖的。
I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.