李光耀 我從不相信「民主」會帶來進步

李光耀：我從不相信「民主」會帶來進步

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I remember as a student in Britain being taught constitutional law by a very distinguished professor who had been one of Churchill's cabinet secretaries and he illustrated with the example of salon
how the ideal transition to democracy in South Goffman would take place; they had the first municipal elections in 1932 for mayor of Colombo and a council for Colombo; they had two universities;
there's a thick layer of professionals and administrative offices, there are large turning balances before so they started off with all the advantages that
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would ensure progress and prosperity of
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course he I was taught this in 1947
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France alone had just got independence
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and India
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of course had just gone to trauma with
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breakup of Pakistan and India I have
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never believed that democracy brings
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programs
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I know it to have brought regression I
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watch it year by year every two years
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when I meet my fellow members of the
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leaders of the Commonwealth and it need
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not have been does the British never
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govern these countries by one-man
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one-vote it was one British government
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one British resident and his word was
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law and we had good district officers
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whose word was also flown for that
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district then no ingenious democratic
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system of one-man one-vote can ever
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bridge the divide between a majority
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single each population of about 14 to 16
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million whose intention is to dominate
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and to bring down some two million
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Tamils in Jaffna together
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and jasmine Tamils have a tradition
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being the better educated being the
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administrators being the judges being
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the professionals and that this break up
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into warfare was inevitable regardless
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of the present missionary zeal of the
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Americans of democracy and human rights
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which has broken up the Soviet Union it
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would be misguided to believe that what
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has worked in very special circumstances
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in amongst European societies and what
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is very working in Korea and Taiwan this
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university valid how to establish good
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government good government means our
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government that considers itself a
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trustee of the people whether you're
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king sheep or whatever not somebody in
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temporary charge and insecure and there
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are four outlets to settle an annuity
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and a nest egg for yourself which is
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what has happened in so many countries
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so if you ask me what my thoughts on a
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colonization are I think they are great
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because
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Western political science scientists
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have not lived in these societies have
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not understood that what is required is
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economic progress development and the
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final blossoming of a large educated
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middle class which alone can sustain a
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democracy when you have 60 to 70 percent
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of your population educated knowing what
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will work and what will not work then
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one-man one-vote makes sense