新加坡國父 李光耀：沒人怕我 我就沒價值了

新加坡建國總理李光耀於 2015/3/23 凌晨在新加坡中央醫院安詳辭世，享壽91歲。他畢生說過不少膾炙人口的名言，以下整理 :

1.「在被敬愛與被敬畏兩者之間，我總認為馬基維利是對的。如果沒人怕我，我就沒價值了。」

"Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If no one is afraid of me, I'm worthless."

2.「如果你是麻煩製造者…我的工作就是在政治上毀了你…大家都知道，我的袋子裡有把小斧頭，非常鋒利的斧頭。你跟我鬥，我拿斧頭，我們死胡同見。」

"If you are a troublemaker… my job is to politically destroy you… Everyone knows I have a hatchet in my bag, a very sharp hatchet. You challenge me, I'll take out the hatchet, and we'll meet in a cul-de-sac."

3.「你問大家，他們想要什麼？像你們這樣，擁有寫社論的權利嗎？他們要的是房子、醫藥、工作與學校。」

"You ask people, what do they want? The right to write editorials like you? They want houses, medicine, jobs, and schools."

4.「就算我在病榻上，即便是你們就要把我放進墳墓裡了，我覺得有什麼事情出錯了，我就會爬起來。」

"Even if I am lying on my deathbed, if you are about to put me into the grave and I think something is going wrong, I will get up."

5.「我不會說我是無神論者，我不否認也不認為有上帝存在，所以我不會嘲笑崇拜上帝的人，但我不需要相信上帝，也不需要否認可能有位上帝。」

"I wouldn't say I'm an atheist. I don't deny nor accept that there is a God. So I wouldn't mock those who worship God, but I don't need to believe in God, nor do I need to deny the possibility of a God."

6.「我們必須把人關起來，不經審判，不管他們是共產主義者、是語言沙文主義者、是宗教極端主義者，不那樣做，國家就會一團亂。」

"We have to lock people up without trial, whether they are communists, language chauvinists, or religious extremists. Without doing so, the country will be in chaos."

7.「如果你常到中國，就會知道你所說的是錯的。你可以隨時去看，他們越是成功，就越不把你放在眼裡，對你的態度也會更傲慢。」

"If you visit China often, you'll know you're wrong. Go and see anytime; the more successful they are, the less they care about you, and their attitude towards you will only get more arrogant."

8.「如果你以為，你對我的傷害，多過我可以對你造成的傷害，你就來試試看。沒有別的辦法來治理一個華人社會。」

"If you think you can hurt me more than I can hurt you, try me. There's no other way to govern a Chinese society."

資料參考 : 《李光耀：新加坡賴以生存的硬道理》、Wiki