Top 79 Quotes & Sayings by Tan Cheng Bock

Ask yourself, have you ever heard any of your PAP MPs ask the hard questions? As a Singaporean, you have a right to information that the Government is refusing to answer.

So long as I'm relevant, and so long as my health permits and people still want me, I will continue.

You ask yourself what is it you want? You want results or to show you are such a great fighter? For me I would rather make sure I get good results.

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.

The most important thing for Singapore is stability.

Never expect the votes to come.

I hope to encourage younger Singaporeans not to be so fearful.

Timing is very important in politics.

But at the end of the day, any president must try to unify Singapore... that must be in the heart of the man who wants to be the president.

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.

If I convince myself that I'm going contest in West Coast, I will go. It doesn't matter who else comes because that's your belief.

I am a hypebeast person.

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.

Protecting lives means reshaping national policies from a community healthcare angle.

My mind is always focused on the country.

I don't toe the party line all the time.

To be a unifying person, I think first you must have acceptance.

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.

Sometimes I do my walkabouts, all the young fellows will come and call me 'hypebeast Ah Gong.'

The President must not be such a distant person.

For the past 20 years, the PAP has had a strong monopoly. However, prosperity has not flowed to all Singaporeans.

I want to make sure my candidates have my support. We are a family, we always go together.

At the end of the day, I connect very closely with the youth. I love the youth. I love the young people.

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.

I was only a village doctor with a rebellious streak.

I began my career as a medical doctor in Ama Keng, a poor village in Lim Chu Kang. The people I cared for were ordinary Singaporeans. They were simple people who despite their hard work, had barely enough for themselves.

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.

I think those who have followed my political life would have known that I don't believe in just blind loyalty.

I'm not sponsored by anybody but myself... I'm not sponsored by the PAP.

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.

I cannot say that the PAP has done me wrong or something. I think I'm quite grateful to the PAP.

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.

So far we have 4 open elections with no minority Malay President. So 2017 must remain an open election and if no minority Malay President wins in 2017, than a reserved election will be triggered in 2023.

In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you're not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate.

We must never forget that Singapore is home for all races and this harmonious relationship must not be taken for granted.

We are not starting a revolution. We are starting an evolution of change.

I was previously the chairman of the Jurong East Town Council and South West CDC.

I feel that it is a social responsibility for us who are better educated to give back some to the society in whatever service we can help.

Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.

I would love to work with the SDP, the Workers' Party and with all the other small parties.

As borders take time to reopen, we will make sure the Government spends our reserves to nurture strong local businesses. To grow local supply chains. And to encourage innovation. This is important because local businesses will be Singapore's growth catalyst in our post-COVID economy.

I think it's quite good to spend some family time.

If we stand together as Singaporeans, there is not a force in this world that can tear us apart.

When I was asked to manage some issues in Europe for the government, I didn't go to Parliament and just make a great speech and impress them. Instead, I will go down and discuss with those people about certain issues that we don't agree, and over a glass of wine we talk about it and they say 'okay, let's forget it.'

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.

I want to relax for a while, maybe go back to my medical practice. I got a lot of old patients waiting for me.

I enjoyed Parliament being a proper elected MP.

In all my 26 years in Parliament, we had referred to Mr. Ong Teng Cheong as the first Elected President.

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.

I've never followed my party... I'm no yes-man, I've never been a yes-man.

Selling and telling are two different things. In politics, we sell ideas.

I would love to be a mentor to many people who want to go into the political arena, teach them the art of winning elections.

I opposed the NMP scheme very, very strongly and I stated my case in Parliament, objected to it and voted against it. That has been my stand.

One of my key areas of unification is to champion multiracialism. Multiracialism is vital to unity.

We got to put in place policies to ensure that those who are unemployed, what do we do for them?

I believe the processes of good governance have gone astray. Specifically there is an erosion of transparency, independence and accountability.

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.

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.

I want to be a president and I will not change my thinking.

I think you can fool people once but you can't fool the people all the time.