Palmer vehemently said THERE IS NO CLIMATE OF FEAR in Singapore, as per http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXknAPqeDfo (NUS Political Science Alumni forum March 2011)
But he forgets that his political master once said that between being loved and being feared, he has always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of him, he is meaningless.
Yet, how come PAP pple always claimed there is no fear here? Cannot understand them. Are they blind, stupid and ignorant?
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Leaders must inspire fear: Lee Kuan Yew
South China Morning Post. Oct 6, 1997.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Singapore
It is better for a leader to be feared than loved, and it is not necessary to tell people all the facts all of the time, Lee Kuan Yew says in a biography published at the weekend.
"I have never been over-concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a weak leader," he says in Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas.
The book has been selling briskly since it went on sale on Saturday. Two hundred autographed copies were pre-sold for charity at S$10,000.
Mr Lee, 74, ruled with an iron hand from 1959. He stepped down in 1990 but is still Senior Minister.
He cites a famous dictum from Machiavelli, the 16th-century Italian theorist.
"Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless."
But he forgets that his political master once said that between being loved and being feared, he has always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of him, he is meaningless.
Yet, how come PAP pple always claimed there is no fear here? Cannot understand them. Are they blind, stupid and ignorant?
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Leaders must inspire fear: Lee Kuan Yew
South China Morning Post. Oct 6, 1997.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Singapore
It is better for a leader to be feared than loved, and it is not necessary to tell people all the facts all of the time, Lee Kuan Yew says in a biography published at the weekend.
"I have never been over-concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a weak leader," he says in Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas.
The book has been selling briskly since it went on sale on Saturday. Two hundred autographed copies were pre-sold for charity at S$10,000.
Mr Lee, 74, ruled with an iron hand from 1959. He stepped down in 1990 but is still Senior Minister.
He cites a famous dictum from Machiavelli, the 16th-century Italian theorist.
"Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I'm meaningless."
