Lee Hsien Loong Quotes

In times of adversity - for the country we love - Maryland always chooses to move forward. Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we move forward or back: this too is a choice.

You cannot have prosperity without peace. Without peace, China cannot continue to develop itself.

I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first got here. And I'm hopeful we'll build on the progress we've made in the years to come.

Another name for peace is development.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity.

Since that time up until the present time, there have been progress, and changes all through the time. The changes have not come by themselves; these changes have come from the doings of everyone in the country.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.

I think we have a good foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew laid down, but you have to move forward. Now the question is what can Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and his team, and all our younger ministers can do now to build on the foundation which Mr. Lee Kuan Yew has built.

One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.

Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way.

Nations do not grow in strength … by the doing of easy things.

It is impossible for us to proceed with reform and expand the economy amid social upheaval. Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline.

If any country wants to develop, it must practice democracy. If I look around the world, I see that the prosperous countries practice democracy.

The precondition of all happiness…and particularly of economic and commercial development is tranquility, security and order beyond the reach of any violation.

The first and most important advice that I can give to my successors and people to make Afghanistan into a great kingdom is to impress upon their minds the value of unity; unity, and unity alone, can make it into a great power.

We are the force for progress, prosperity, and peace.

China’s rulers wanted row country to get rich, but not at the cost of control.

Peace is the cornerstone of our development.

For development, peace is essential.

We're going to make America a better place.

We work together. No one is more important than the other. We are all Zimbabweans. We want to grow our economy. We want peace in our country.