"If we say that we believe in democracy, if we say that the fabric of a democratic society is one which allows for the free play of idea...then, in the name of all the gods, give that free play a chance to work within the constitutional framework."
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Opposition leader Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore Legislative Assembly (4 October 1956)
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