One Man's View of the World - ms-tester 的书摘录 - clippingkk
One Man's View of the World
LeeKuanYew 李光耀
Yes, they were colonialists – the French, the Belgians, the British and the Spaniards. But the French had their mission civilisatrice to transfer their civilisation to the Africans. And on the whole, the British left institutions behind them, including in Singapore. We had the rule of law, we had statutes, we had the English language and we were wise enough not to change any of that. They have helped us to grow. Their institutions were already working. What I did was to make sure that we did not subvert the institutions but reinforced them.
