So when people say, 'Oh, ask the people!' It's childish rubbish. We are leaders. We know the consequences. You mean that ice-water man knows the consequences of his vote? They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can't pass primary six knows the consequences of his choice when he answers a question viscerally on language, culture and religion?

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So when people say, 'Oh, ask the people!' It's childish rubbish. We are leaders. We know the consequences. You mean that ice-water man knows the consequences of his vote? They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can't pass primary six knows the consequences of his choice when he answers a question viscerally on language, culture and religion?" in the context of "Lee Kwan Yew The Man & His Ideas (1998)Han, Fook Kwang (2015), Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas, pages: 134, place: Singapore, publisher: Marshall Cavendish, ISBN: 9789814677622" to mean that wisdom is timeless.