Tan Cheng Bock Quotes

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Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that

Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that responsibility to represent the people who voted us in.
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I believe in giving everybody a chance to join our party. Over time, we realized that some joined expecting what the party can do for them… We want the people, when they come and join the PSP, to do something for the country and not for themselves.
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In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.
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If the PAP has a two-third majority, they will have the power to change important laws like the Constitution at will, whenever they wish.
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In politics things change, in politics timing is important, and in politics, how I move, I don’t tell you.
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If those people who come in to join the PSP, hoping to extract something from the party for themselves, I think even if they leave, I will not feel sorry.
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Sometimes I do my walkabouts, all the young fellows will come and call me ‘hypebeast Ah Gong.’
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I’m already 80 years old and I always say I want people to get into the House to really experience what it’s like in the House.
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If we stand together as Singaporeans, there is not a force in this world that can tear us apart.
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If you strongly believe something is wrong, you must speak up and stand by what you say.
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My mind is always focused on the country.
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We must never forget that Singapore is home for all races and this harmonious relationship must not be taken for granted.
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The President must be above politics. He must not be a proxy to any political party. His interest must be national, not with a political agenda in mind.
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You don’t have to go and criticize your opponents, how bad they are and so on. It is a contest of ideas. I got my ideas, you got your ideas right. We will let Singaporeans decide.
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A truly united Singapore means having a Parliament that reflects all views, and not just the PAP view or the group-think of a single political party.
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The President must not be such a distant person.
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The role of the president is to take care of your money, and that’s what I intend to do.
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To be a unifying person, I think first you must have acceptance.
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Selling and telling are two different things. In politics, we sell ideas.
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This is politics. In politics, you only show the cake but not the ingredients. The time will come when I show you the cake and the ingredients.
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Serving people is never a problem for me, because I’ve already served all my patients. Even as a doctor, I also wasn’t purely a doctor.
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Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.
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If I become president, I want to make sure that we shouldn’t live in fear. We should all be one people. We should all enjoy differences of opinion without getting upset.
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I think you can fool people once but you can’t fool the people all the time.
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If you’ve got no base, it’s very difficult to function as an MP. You cannot be a ‘virtual‘ MP, you must be a proper one.
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The key message is I’m always trying to hope the Singaporeans will understand, is a question of every government must be… examined based on certain very fundamental principles to have a good government. You must have transparency.
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We got to put in place policies to ensure that those who are unemployed, what do we do for them?
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I was only a village doctor with a rebellious streak.
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In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you’re not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate.
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Simple people can bring very good knowledge to Parliament because they know the ground.
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I don’t toe the party line all the time.
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I was previously the chairman of the Jurong East Town Council and South West CDC.
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I think it’s quite good to spend some family time.
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Very important, the President must be seen not as a figurehead but as somebody the people can look to for support for some of the issues, national problems and so on.
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The president actually is there to complement the government in power. If they have done something that is not proper, it is the duty of the president to… discuss and to come to some common ground.
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The civil servants will always be there to look after this country. So don’t worry… Any political party taking power will have to work with the civil servants who are very well acquainted with running this country.
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At the end of the day, I connect very closely with the youth. I love the youth. I love the young people.
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For vocational workers, their pay should reflect their skills and difficulty of labour. To be skilled in a craft should be accepted as an alternative path.
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I think the president must be very watchful of what is happening. The president cannot deal with the bread and butter issues of Parliament, but he cannot be a sleeping president.
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I’ve never followed my party… I’m no yes-man, I’ve never been a yes-man.
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For the past 20 years, the PAP has had a strong monopoly. However, prosperity has not flowed to all Singaporeans.
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The most important thing for Singapore is stability.
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Never expect the votes to come.
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I’m prepared to mentor any political group, even PAP chaps can come to me, I’ll still mentor them. Because the objective must be very clear: you want to train people who will be good MPs. MPs who will think of Singapore first.
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