Mr N Speaks

The discussion of the past, irreversible though it may be, ought to be encouraged, if such discussion leads to a betterment of the future.


Fought war must be discussed and in fact, studied, for the incumbent government will then realise how violence will only beget more violence, and not mitigates any wrongdoing.

A thought

Maybe hedonism ought to be a primary pursuit in living, yet life, beset by the hegemony of survivability, affords one to only taste the fineness of life, finely.

Quote on Canadian's selection of hockey players

This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prohesy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning.

Robert Merton

Defence of Singapore's judiciary

If we do not do so and allow vicious falsehoods to perversely masquerade themselves as truth, we will eventually lose our moral authority and, with it, our effectiveness to achieve our mission to keep Singapore safe and secure.

~Wong Kan Seng

Quote

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

The Art of War by Sun, Tzu