LKY: World Statesman of the First Rank according to Richard Nixon

In making his toast, then President Richard Nixon described founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as a WORLD STATESMAN OF THE FIRST RANK who:

(1) ran Singapore well "with respect for the great traditions of FREEDOM" and

(2) helped US to "develop the kinds of policies that will maintain a world in which freedom can survive for larger countries like the United States and for smaller countries like Singapore".

White House State Dinner in honour of Lee Kuan Yew on April 10 1973.