Name: 我最喜歡的政治人物是誰？ (Who is my Favorite Politician?)
Uploaded: 2026-02-05T17:05:33.000Z
Duration: 6 min 16 s

He is my favorite politician in the world.

He's not a president, he's not a Prime minister.

He was the founder of a country and in 50 years he made that country go from poor to rich.

他是一個國家的創辦人，在50年內讓國家從貧窮變得富裕。

This is the incredible story of Lee Kuan Yew from Singapore.

這就是新加坡李光耀令人驚嘆的故事。

Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of Singapore.

李光耀是新加坡的第一任總理。

He had this job for 31 years and he was famous for being strict.

他擔任這個職位長達31年，以嚴格聞名。

Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him or give it up.

任何治理新加坡的人，都必須有魄力，否則就該放棄。

所以，他為什麼是我最喜歡的政治人物？

In the rest of the world, politicians are paid so little and have so much much power.

在世界其他地方，政治人物薪資很低，但權力很大。

They become corrupt and they steal money to make themselves rich.

他們變得貪腐，偷錢讓自己致富。

And that's why Lee Kuan Yew did the opposite.

這就是李光耀反其道而行的地方。

He legally paid Singapore politicians the highest salaries in the world, $1 million a year.

他合法地給新加坡政治人物世界最高的薪資，一年一百萬美元。

This way he can hire the best people in the country and make sure they help the country, not steal.

這樣他就能聘用國家最優秀的人才，確保他們幫助國家，而不是偷竊。

Get honest men, pay them adequately as near market rates what they are earning as possible.

找誠實的人，支付他們接近市場行情的足夠薪資。

That's why Singapore is the least corrupt country in Asia.

這就是新加坡成為亞洲最不貪腐國家的地方。

Most people do not agree with this radical idea.

大多數人都不贊同這個激進的想法。

We should not pay politicians a million dollars.

我們不應該付給政治人物一百萬美元。

李光耀這麼做了，而且他是對的。

No oppressed the other, so we work together.

不要壓迫別人，這樣我們才能合作。

He knew that diversity can cause problems in places like London.

他知道多元化會在倫敦這樣的地方引發問題。

Black people live here, white people live here and Muslim people live here.

黑人住在這裡，白人住在這裡，穆斯林也住在這裡。

This segregation is why we have racism, hate and social unrest.

這種種族隔離就是我們會有種族歧視、仇恨和社會動盪的原因。

Force people of different backgrounds to live next to each other.

強迫不同背景的人們住在彼此旁邊。

In Singapore, every government housing by law has to have up to 10% Indians or 84% Chinese or 22% Malay.

在新加坡，政府住宅依法規定必須有高達10%的印度裔，或84%的華裔，或22%的馬來裔。

This way people are forced to become neighbors, become friends, become human to each other.

這樣一來，人們被迫成為鄰居、朋友，彼此之間像個人一樣相處。

Your neighbors who are Chinese, Indians or Malays and your children have got to know them, go up and down the same list, go to the same schools.

你的鄰居，無論是華裔、印度裔或馬來裔，你的孩子們都必須認識他們，一起上下學，去同一間學校。

So it's a level playing field for everyone.

所以這是所有人的公平競爭環境。

Making houses based on race very unpopular.

根據種族來蓋房子非常不受歡迎。

Now Singapore is one of the most stable countries in the world.

現在新加坡是世界上最穩定的國家之一。

And the next thing he did was about traffic in the rest of the world.

接著他處理的是世界上其他地方的交通問題。

Everyone is stuck in traffic for hours every day, and politicians do nothing to fix it.

每天大家塞在車陣裡好幾個小時，政客卻什麼都不做來解決。

He built a good metro system around the country.

他在全國蓋了很棒的地鐵系統。

But then he put a hard limit on the number of cars in the country.

但接著他對全國的汽車數量設下了嚴格的限制。

They cannot have more than 1 million cars in Singapore.

他們在新加坡不能有超過一百萬輛汽車。

So for every car that comes on the road, one car has to get off the road.

所以每有一輛車上路，就必須有一輛車離開。

I ignore polling as a method of government.

我不會參考民意調查來治理國家。

I think that shows a certain weakness of mind.

我認為這顯示了某種程度的心智脆弱。

Whichever way the wind blows, whichever way the media encourages the people to go.

隨波逐流，隨媒體引導民眾走。

Singapore still has some corruption, it has some traffic, some unhappy people, and

新加坡還是有些貪腐，有些交通壅塞，有些人不開心，

還有一些法律對我來說都太嚴格了。

But Lee Kuan Yew, as a politician did something special.

但李光耀身為政治家，做了一些特別的事。

And as long as I'm in charge, nobody's going to knock it down.

只要我還在位，就沒人能把它毀掉。

He taught us that it's better to be right than popular.

他教我們，做對的事比受歡迎更重要。

It's better to do what's hard than what's easy.

做難的事比做簡單的事更重要。

And even for my sick bed, even if you are going to lure me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I'll get up.

而且就算我病倒在床，就算你們要誘我入土，我感覺到事情不對勁，我還是會爬起來。

Politician became a dirty word because most politicians do not have the courage to do what's hard.

「政客」之所以變成一個貶詞，是因為大多數政客都沒魄力去做難的事。

All it takes to change a nation is one leader with vision and courage.

改變一個國家，只需要一位有遠見、有魄力的領導人。

The government can give you that framework, but the people must have their will.

政府可以提供那個架構，但人民必須有自己的意志。

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我最喜歡的政治人物是誰？ (Who is my Favorite Politician?)

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