Singapore's PM Lee Kuan Yew: Young People MUST ENTER POLITICS!

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]I get You're saying that you see no need to get youths interested in in politics.

[00:00:05]>> I don't know. If I can uh put the question another way, why should a young person enter politics today? What What is there to fight for? What matters?

[00:00:13]>> You got to fight for what you have, right?

[00:00:16]If you lose what you have, and you become like the Philippines or Malaysia or Indonesia or Thailand, you've got a lot to lose, haven't you?

[00:00:26]To preserve what we have, we need talented, robust, committed people in charge.

[00:00:37]Look, we've been through a very serious crisis because we built up reserves, because we got thinking people.