Just as our forefathers saved and invested to build what we, the current generation, are enjoying today, so, too, we must plant trees so that our sons and daughters, and their sons and daughters, can enjoy the shade. Lee Hsien Loong More Quotes by Lee Hsien Loong More Quotes From Lee Hsien Loong I hope to develop our relationship with the Trump administration and with the United States. It's a very sound relationship that's based on the basic strategic congruence of views about the world, about the region. Lee Hsien Loong hope sound relationship world I think every administration has a settling-in process. And there's always an adjustment between what you can say during a campaign and what you find are the possibilities and the imperatives when you win the election and you enter the Oval Office. Lee Hsien Loong win think you election We have long depended on an America which has got a clear sense of its stakes in the world and how much it depends on the world as well as how much the world and its allies and friends depend on the United States of America, and we hope this will continue. Lee Hsien Loong friends hope long world I think we are paying a lot of attention to China one way or the other. They are a big factor in the world. They are successful; they are growing. They want to grow their influence, and all the countries in Asia want to be their friend and want to benefit from China's development and success. Lee Hsien Loong grow friend success world In every American election, crazy things are said. Positions are taken which the winners try very hard to forget afterwards. Lee Hsien Loong try election crazy forget The Chinese go around with lollipops in their pockets. They have aid. They have friendship deals. They build you a Prime Minister's office or President's office or Parliament House or Foreign Ministry. For them, trade is an extension of their foreign policy. Lee Hsien Loong go you house friendship The key thing in Northeast Asia is North Korea. They are unpredictable; they are developing their nuclear capabilities and their missiles. Lee Hsien Loong key north-korea unpredictable asia The Chinese are quite clear what their interests are and very consistent on pushing their interests. Lee Hsien Loong quite very clear consistent You have to have a sense of what it looks like, not from the point of view of the policymaker but from the point of view of those who are at the receiving end of your policies. Lee Hsien Loong end view you looks My infrastructure must run brilliantly. My whole system must be different from what you can get anywhere else in Asia. Lee Hsien Loong be-different run you different What we can do in Singapore may not be doable elsewhere. Some things you know you need: you want efficient government, you want clean government, you want to do away with corruption, you must educate your people. You want to get housing and so on. All these are not such secrets, not so special to Singapore. Lee Hsien Loong you corruption government people The tactics we were able to use in the 1960s, 1970s - let's have a campaign, mobilize everybody and, therefore, social pressure - stop littering, or stop spitting, or be courteous to one another: I am not sure that kind of approach will work anymore. Lee Hsien Loong stop i-am pressure work If you look at the young people today, they are passionate about all kinds of courses. We have dog-lovers, nature-lovers, those who are pursuing arts; we have quite many who are involved in religious activities through their church. Lee Hsien Loong look you today people