10. 關於兒子李顯龍繼任總理
美國專欄作家普雷特（Tom Plate）曾對李光耀說，如果我是像你一樣的建國總理，還有個兒子接棒治理國家，我會無比驕傲。李光耀回答：
「是沒錯，但同時我必須非常小心，確保他不會毀了我的紀錄……當然，他也有艱難的處境，但和我起家時相比，他擁有更多的資源。」
“Yeah, but at the same time, I must be very careful that he is 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.”— During Tom Plate’s Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew
11. 1984年國慶演講
「如果當初我們像一般人一樣，選擇其他事業，我認為沒有人會因此責怪我們，因為我們什麼都沒有……我們只有絕不屈服的意志，如果我們失敗了，將會付出極大的代價。」—1984年
“I think nobody would have blamed us if we acted like ordinary mortals and decided to take up some other career, because we had nothing… All we had was the will not to yield, and that if we had to go down, there would be a terrible price to be paid.” —1984
12. 關於表達己見
「我一生被人指責過很多事情，但就連最勢不兩立的敵人，也不曾指責我不敢說出自己的想法。」—1995年
“I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.” —1955
「我一直試圖站在正確的一方，但並不是政治正確的一方。」—2000年
“I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.” —2000
