Quotes of the Day 02/17/2010
“The regime in Beijing is more stable than any alternative government that can be formed in China. Let us assume that the students had carried the day in Tiananmen [Square] and they had formed a government . . . What kind of China would they have today? Something worse than the Soviet Union. China is a vast disparate country;there is no alternative to strong central power.”
– Lee Kuan Yew, First Prime Minister of Singapore
The Asian economies are moving from a capital and labor intensive industrial phase into an information and technology intensive one. Many experts have acknowledged that this new economic world requires guaranteed freedom of information and creativity. These things are possible only in a democratic society. Thus Asia has no practical alternative to democracy; it is a matter of survival in an age of intensifying competition. The world economy’s changes have already meant a greater and easier flow of information, which has helped Asia’s democratization process.”
- Kim Dae Jung, former President of South Korea
– Lee Kuan Yew, First Prime Minister of Singapore
The Asian economies are moving from a capital and labor intensive industrial phase into an information and technology intensive one. Many experts have acknowledged that this new economic world requires guaranteed freedom of information and creativity. These things are possible only in a democratic society. Thus Asia has no practical alternative to democracy; it is a matter of survival in an age of intensifying competition. The world economy’s changes have already meant a greater and easier flow of information, which has helped Asia’s democratization process.”
- Kim Dae Jung, former President of South Korea
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