If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader.

Lee Kuan Yew

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Lee Kuan Yew

Founding PM of Singapore (1959-1990; 1923-2015). Transformed a resource-poor city-state into one of Asia's wealthiest through meritocracy and anti-corruption laws — paired with press controls and detention without trial.

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