"If you do up the plus and minuses, you will find that life is better in Singapore. You may not appreciate the Government more but at least, we hope that you will appreciate Singapore more."

- Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum 2010

"When the spotlight is on you, people have high expectations. Even if you do reasonably well, but not astonishingly well, some people will still think you are a failure."

- Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum 2010

"We will always be an immigrant society and that will always be a part of our DNA. We can shut out the flow of immigrants, but we will lose our DNA"

- Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum 2010