I grew up familiar and comfortable with people of different races and different classes. This was to be of great value later in life, especially when I became active in politics… my fellow students and I were in RI on our merits. The superiority of this system imprinted itself on my youthful mind, and influenced the kind of Singapore I have tried to achieve. MM Lee Kuan Yew, Speech at Gryphon Award Gala Dinner, Jan 2011