As a tribute, I post some of the quotes I found worthy by JBJ in parliament over his years of contribution….it wasn’t difficult to find…
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Mr Speaker, Sir, on this my first speech in this House, if it is not inappropriate, may I first of all thank you, Mr Speaker, for the courtesy that I have received at your hands and express the hope that with your able guidance I may be able to contribute to the proceedings of this House.

Mr Speaker, Sir, I am glad that on this, my first speech in this House, I am able to compliment the Government in its efforts and determination to stamp out corruption and I can assure the Government and the Members of this House of my Party’s support in all that the Government does to stamp out corruption in this land of ours.

- JBJ’s first speech in Parliament in Jan 1981 and his first act was to aid in stamping out corruption in Singapore.
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So it is these things that demean this House – when Members are frightened to stand up and to be counted for what they believe in or what they profess to believe in outside, when Members sheepishly follow the Party dictate because they are frightened to lose their seats in Parliament because of a loss of monetary gain. Is that not conduct which demeans the dignity of the Members of this House? Or is it conduct where a Member is seen to stand up for the principles that he espouses?

We, on the Opposition Bench, have nothing to be ashamed of. We have stood up time and time again for the principles that we have espoused, and we are prepared to stand up and to be counted.

- JBJ, arguing for the dignity and decorum of MPs in the house in parliament 1985.
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Mr Speaker, Sir, I rise, on behalf of the Party and the other Member and myself in this House, to say that we support whatever has been said by the Prime Minister. And on behalf of the Party and us, we extend our condolences to the family of Mrs Ong.

- JBJ, demonstrating his human compassion in Parliament 1999 in extending his condolences across party lines on the occasion of Mr Ong Teng Cheong’s passing.
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…asked the Minister for Manpower whether the Government has any intention to restore to workers the rights which were taken from them in 1968….
I have asked, time and time again, why can we not have an Unfair Dismissal Act.

- JBJ, demonstrating his elephant memory in 1999 championing in parliament for worker’s rights and arguing for a restoration of rights removed in 1968.
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The Opposition, and particularly when I had tried to bring up this question of poverty in Singapore, was ridiculed and laughed at. I remember that when I was in the House in the years 1981 to 1984, I was berated for an interview that I had given to a foreign journalist that in an affluent society, there were still some people who were starving. But, as I said, I was not speaking out of turn. And if one really looked at the statistics put out by the Department of Statistics, one can see the extent of poverty that exists in Singapore.

- JBJ, arguing in parliament yr 2000 for the govt to reduce the inequality in Singapore and help the poor, and using detailed statistics to support his case.
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…the marking of a ballot paper is just as much an expression as a writing or an oral utterance. What is more is that it is an expression of a political choice on a matter that is of supreme importance to the country.

The marking is an expression, just as a drawing or a picture is an expression of the artist’s view of things. So if you accept, and I do not see how you cannot accept, that the marking of a ballot paper is an expression of the voter, the electorate, then it becomes obvious that it is a right and it is not a privilege that is granted by the Government.

And what is more is that it is right there in the Constitution….one finds that every Singapore citizen has the right to freedom of expression. And if, as I said, the marking of the vote is an expression of the citizen’s choice of a candidate, then the citizen, the electorate, has a right to express his choice. It is no longer a privilege.

- JBJ, arguing in parliament 16 May 2001 disclaiming the govt’s stand that voting is a privilege rather than a right.
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Thank you, JBJ!

Thank you JBJ. You gave the meek a voice. May you rest in peace. I’ll say a prayer for you tonight and may your dream of a truly democratic S’pore come true soon.

“Cast off the slumber into which you have been led into for the last 10 years. Wake up to your rights as a human being, to your proper role as citizens of this country.”

With the last voice representing the ppl of sg being eliminated, the only hope left to rescue sg now depends on the young roaring lions. The country belongs to the people, the older and tired ones has already suffered long enough, so now its your turn to take over. Goodluck young lions!