I always tried to be correct, not politically correct. ✨ Lee Kuan Yew …

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I always tried to be correct, not politically correct. ✨ Lee Kuan Yew (2013). The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew, p.159, Editions Didier Millet
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