據新加坡總理公署23日公告，新加坡前總理李光耀因病于當天淩晨3時18分點去世，享年91歲。小編整理出了李光耀總理生前所說的經典名言給大家。
關於國際領袖
【誰最偉大?】
“我覺得最偉大的是鄧小平。以他這個年紀，要承認自己的錯誤，承認馬克斯、列甯、毛澤東思想不可行而必須放棄，只有偉人才能做到。”
──《李光耀對話錄》(Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew )湯姆.普雷特(Tom Plate)著
“I would say the greatest was Deng Xiaoping. At his age, to admit that he was wrong, that all these ideas, Marxism, Leninism, Maoism, they are just not working and have to be abandoned, you need a great man to do that…”
– Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
【再談鄧小平】
“鄧小平是個偉人。中國原是一個破敗的國家，本可能像蘇聯那樣崩潰，但他一手改變了中國的命運，讓這個國家變成今天的面貌，並逐步成爲全球最大經濟體。”
──《新加坡賴以生存的硬道理》
【On Deng Xiaoping (again)】
Deng Xiao Ping is a great man because he changed China froma broken-backed state, which would have imploded like the Soviet Union, into what it is today, on the way to becoming the world’s largest economy.
– “Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going”
【談及習近平】
“我認爲習近平能夠與納爾遜.曼德拉(NelsonMandela)相提並論：一個情緒極爲穩定、不受自身苦難影響判斷的人──換言之，是個了不起的人物。”
──《時代雜志》(2007年11月19日)
【On Xi Jinping】
“I would put him in Nelson Mandela’s class of persons. A person with enormous emotional stability who does not allow his personal misfortunes or sufferings to affect his judgement. In other words, he is impressive.”
– TIME Nov 19, 2007
【談美國人】
“美國人是了不起的傳教士，他們有一股難以壓抑的沖動，要別人改變信仰。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1992年)
【On Americans】
“The Americans are great missionaries. They have an irrepressible urge to convert others.”
– 1992, The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
【最偉大的美國總統是?】
“如果沒有水門事件，我認爲是理查?尼克松(Richard Nixon)。他的世界觀很務實，分析力很強，實事求是，還精於謀略，把事情辦好。但他凡事過問的性格，加上極希望連任，令他爲人變得過於執著。”
──《李光耀對話錄》(Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew )湯姆.普雷特(Tom Plate)著
【On thegreatest US President that he’veseen】
“But for the misfortune of Watergate, I would say Richard Nixon. He had a realistic view of the world. He was a great analyst, realistic, but also a tactician to get things done. But this need with wanting to know everything and to make sure he got re-elected became obsessive.”
– Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
【談喬治?布什】
“我不認爲他是第二差的總統。我覺得小布什的顧問分析事物過於悲觀……布什自知經驗不足，了解自己是一種美德。”
──《李光耀對話錄》(Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew )湯姆.普雷特(Tom Plate)著
【On George W. Bush】
“I would not put him (George W Bush) the second worst. Iwould say Bush Jr. had melancholy advisers…Bush Jr. knew he didn’t have much experience. It is virtue to know yourself”.
– Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
【談比爾?克林頓】
“他很聰明，精於政治，且性格外向，很討人歡喜……跟他說話，你會自覺是世上最重要的人。但我想，他經常犯規，這大致上也是事實……就他的情況來說，這部份是他性格所致。我不知道。我的意思是：他的童年很艱苦，諸如此類…….”
──《李光耀對話錄》(Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew )湯姆.普雷特(Tom Plate)著
【On Bill Clinton】
“Very clever man, very political, likeable fellow because he’s got that outgoing personality… When he talks to you, you are the most important person in the world. But I think, it’s generally true, he breaks the rules… Well, in his case, it’s partly his character. I don’t know. I mean, he had a difficult childhood and so on, so forth”.
– Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
【談及英國政治人物】
“在英國，要是看看牛津或劍橋一等榮譽畢業生的事業曆程，就會發現這些人最終沒有從政，而是當上銀行家、金融家或專業人士。”
【On British politicians】
“In Britain, if you look at the First Class Honours list of Oxford or Cambridge and trace their careers, you will find that these people end up not in politics, but in banking, finance and the professions.”
【談及李顯龍】
“如果我沒當上總理，他可能早幾年就坐上那個位置了。我不會讓不夠格的家庭成員擔任要職，因爲這對新加坡或我本人的曆史功過來說，都是個災難。絕不能允許有那樣的事。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(2005年)
【On Lee Hsien Loong】
“If I were not the Prime Minister, he [Lee Hsien Loong]could have become Prime Minister several years earlier. It is against my interest to allow any family member, who’s incapable, to be holding an important job because that would be a disaster for Singapore and my legacy.That cannot be allowed.
– 2005 The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
【談是否爲兒子當上總理而自豪】
“是的。但我也非常小心，以免他犯錯……他正面對一個艱難時期，但比起我掌政之初，他可以運用的資源豐富得多。”
──《李光耀對話錄》(Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew )湯姆.普雷特(Tom Plate)著
【On whetherhe was proud of his son being the PM】
“Yeah, but at the same time, I must be very careful that heis not going to smudge the record.. Well, he has got a tough time, but he has got more resources than I had when I started.”
– Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
李光耀談媒體
【沒有新聞就是好新聞】
“我總是覺得此事很奇怪：一個國家有麻煩時，就會受到國際媒體注目……1942年日本占領新加坡之前，或1955年和1956年新加坡發生暴動期間導致兩名記者遇害之前，世上沒有多少人聽過新加坡這個地方。後來我開始明白，當涉及外國媒體時，沒有消息就是好消息。”
──李光耀於1959年9月16日於外國記者協會發言
【No news is good news】
“I have always thought it strange that a country figures prominently in the world press mainly when it is in trouble…Nobody in the rest of the world heard much about Singapore until it was captured by the Japanese in 1942 or again until there were riots in 1955 and 1956 in the course of one of which two members of your fraternity were killed. I have come to believe that, so far as the foreign press is concerned, no news is good news.”
– Speech at Foreign Correspondents Association, 16th Sep, 1959
關於治國
“我只做正確的事情，不管是否政治正確。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(2000年)
“I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.”
– 2000 The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
“我們先要處理的事是什麽?第一，福利和民生。其次是民主規範，以及須不時中止的民主進程。”
──1986年國慶群衆大會
“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.”
– 1986 National Day Rally
哪怕我臥病在床、哪怕我已經入土，要是我覺得新加坡有什麽不妥，我就會站起來。
──1988年國慶群衆大會
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.
– 1988 National Day Rally
“我的同僚並不怕我，一點都不。他們有話就直說，也沒什麽後果。但如果我們任由他人惡意攻擊，整個制度就將遭到破壞。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1988年)
“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.”
– 1988 The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
“我平生受過各種指責，但連我最大的敵人都不敢說我怯於表達意見。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1955年)
“I have been accused of many things in my life, but not evenmy worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.”
– 1955, The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
“一人一票是最難操作的政制形式……結果難以預料。”
——1984年12月19日
“One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government..Results can be erratic.”
– Dec 19 1984
【談及反對者】
“並非所有反對人民行動黨的人都是共産主義者。他們有些是共産主義者、有些是反動分子、有些是機會主義者，但有些只是糊塗蛋。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1961年)
【On hiscritics】
“Not all who oppose the PAP are communists; some arecommunists, some reactionaries, some opportunists and some merely confused.”
– 1961, The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
【談及他幹預新加坡人的生活】
“我經常被指責幹預新加坡人的私生活。對，但如果我不這樣做，我們今天不會有這樣的成就。我可以毫不懊悔地說，若我們從沒介入國民的私人問題，你我今天不會有這樣的成就，國家也無法取得現時的經濟發展──你的鄰居是誰?你如何生活?你制造的噪音、你怎樣吐痰或你所用的語言，都是由國家決定對錯。不要理會別人的想法。”
──1987年4月20日《海峽時報》
【On interfering in S’poreans’ private lives】
“I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn’t be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn’t be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters – who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.”
– The Straits Times, 20 April 1987
【談新加坡人的典型性格】
“你們知道的。新加坡人努力工作、勤奮且堅定，否則我們達不到眼下的成績。但我們也須承認，新加坡人是牢騷大王。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1977年)
【On a typical S’porean】
“You know the Singaporean. He is a hard-working, industrious, rugged individual. Or we would not have made the grade. But let us also recognise that he is a champion grumbler.
– 1977 The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
【新加坡是保姆國家?】
“若果真如此，我會很自豪地說：自己建立了一個這樣的國家。”
──《從第三世界到第一世界：新加坡的故事(1965-2000)》李光耀著
【S’pore as a nanny state】
If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.
– From Third World to First, The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
【新加坡人與狗】
“如可以挑選國民，而這批國民是受過教育的、從小就很有教養，這樣管治時就不必太過嚴厲，因爲他們受過訓練。情況就跟狗一樣。若小狗從小就以適當方式培訓，就會知道要到外面撒尿大便。但新加坡不是這種社會。我們曾經努力訓練一些成年狗，但它們還是會刻意在電梯裏小便。”
──《李光耀其人及其思想》(The Man and His Ideas)
【Of S’poreans and Dogs】
“If you can select a population and they’re educated and they’re properly brought up, then you don’t have to use too much of the stick because they would already have been trained. It’s like with dogs. You train it in a proper way from small. It will know that it’s got to leave, go outside topee and to defecate. No, we are not that kind of society. We had to train adult dogs who even today deliberately urinate in the lifts.”
– The Man and His Ideas
【管治之道】
“要讓人民快樂，有兩件事情是可以做的，但必須做其中一件。一是給予人民感到滿足的東西──好的食物、好的衣服、一個美好的家;如果你做不到，就給他們一個美好的憧憬。”
──李光耀1965年3月22日出席澳大利亞管理學院(Australian Institute of Management)於悉尼澳大利亞酒店(Australia Hotel)舉行的午宴時發言
【On governing:】
“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”.
– Luncheon held by the Australian Institute of Management at the Australia Hotel, Sydney,Australia, 22 March, 1965, Lee Kuan Yew in his own words, 1959-1970
【談是否相信天堂】
“我希望死後能與妻子重逢，但我不覺得能實現。我只會像她一樣，不複存在──否則另一個世界的人口便會過多。”
──《李光耀觀天下》(OneMan’s View of the World)
【On why Heaven does not need a Population White Paper】
“I wish I can meet my wife in the hereafter, but I don’t think I will. I just cease to exist just as she has ceased to exist – otherwise the other world would be overpopulated.”
– One Man’s View of the World.
【談愛】
“我不相信一見鍾情。我認爲那是大錯特錯。因爲你只是被對方的外表吸引，最終定會後悔。”
──《新加坡賴以向前發展的硬道理》(Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going)
【On love】
I don’t believe in love at first sight. I think it’s a grave mistake. You’re attracted by physical characteristics and you will regret it.
– Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going
【談如何說不】
“對人有禮，于己無損。說不時應有禮貌，並解釋原因……告知對方你爲何說不。但絕不能以’是’代替’不’，勿做愚人。有理由說不時，就必須堅持，但必須有禮地告知對方。”
──1965年9月30日李光耀于新加坡維多利亞劇院告誡公務員
【On saying no】
“You lose nothing by being polite. The answer is ‘No’, but please say it politely and give the reasons… Explain to me why ‘No’. Don’t change ‘No’ to ‘Yes’. Don’t be a fool. If there was a good reason why it is ‘No’, it must remain ‘No’, but the man must be told politely.”
– to Civil Servants at the Victoria Theatre,30 Sep 1965
【談生命應該如何度過】
“生命不只是吃、喝、看電視、看電影……人類必須具創意、必須有自發性，不可只依賴玩意兒自娛。”
──1970年2月28日李光耀于裕盛社區中心舉行的春節及新加坡哈芝節慶上發言
【On life】
“Life is notjust eating, drinking, television and cinema…The human mind must be creative,must be self-generating; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.”
– Speech at Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Haji Celebrations held at Joo Seng Community Centre, 28th Feb 1970
【談及優生學】
“有很多醫生的子女與醫生成婚。那些伴侶稍遜的人現正爲自己的子女不成器而懊惱。我平生看過不少這樣的實證。”
【On eugenics】
“There are many sons of doctors who have married doctors. Those who married spouses who are not as bright are tearing their hair out because their children can’t make it. I have lived long enough to see all this play out.”
【談討個聰明老婆】
“因此，當大學程度的男生不想娶大學程度的女生時，我會說他愚蠢。要是嫁娶了非大學畢業生，之後煩惱必至：有些子女聰穎，有些則不然，到時你就會自食其果。這不會錯，就像擲兩顆骰子，一顆是侍衛、王後、國王、王牌，另一顆也是侍衛、王後、國王、王牌。但當你擲一顆侍衛、王後、國王、王牌的骰子，再擲另一顆一、二、三、四、五、六點數的骰子，你會得到什麽?不可能是一對大點數，更不會是清一色。”
──《新加坡賴以向前發展的硬道理》(Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going)
“So when the graduate man does not want to marry a graduate woman, I tell him he’s a fool,stupid. You marry a non-graduate, you’re going to have problems, some children bright, some not bright. You’ll be tearing your hair out. you can’t miss. It’s like two dice. One is Jack, Queen, King, Ace, other also Jack, Queen, King, Ace. You throw a Jack, Queen, King, Ace against dice two , three, four, five,six, what do you get? You can’t get high pairs, let alone a full flush.”
– Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going
【死了才休息】
“安于于現狀?我希望我可以那麽做。但不行，你只有死了才能安息。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1978年)
“Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you’re dead”.
– 1978, The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
李光耀很幽默?
【談自己性格】“我不能說自己愛開玩笑或無憂無慮，但也並非任何時候都很嚴肅。人有時總需要開懷大笑，看看事情的輕松一面，並懂得自嘲。”
──《李光耀對話錄》(Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew )，湯姆.普雷特(Tom Plate)著
【On himselfnot being ‘light-hearted”】
“I would not call myself ‘fun-loving’ or ‘light-hearted’. But I am not serious all the time. Everyone needs to have a good laugh now and then, to see the funny side ofthings, and to laugh at himself”.
– Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
【談及領導力】
“我沒聽說過有人上完領袖課便能當領袖的。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1957年)
【On leadership】
“I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.”
– 1957, The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
【再談及領導力】
“令人驚訝的是，當今西方國家大部分領袖，都不曾接受專業培訓，也沒持有相關資格。他們在大選中勝出，原因是他們上電視時相貌堂堂、說話動聽。但他們的表現最後叫選民失望。”
──《李光耀才智名人名言錄》(1996年)
【On leadership】
“Amazingly,throughout most of the contemporary Western world leaders in government requireno special training or qualification. Many get elected because they sound and look good on television. The results have been unhappy for their voters.”
– 1996, The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
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