Says Lee, "If you're going to write something like this, you have to write the truth, otherwise there's no point in writing anything at all." In this book, the former prime minister gives a detailed account of his own life as well as the birth of the Republic of Singapore.
「要寫一定要寫真話，要不然不必寫」，卸下總理職務的李光耀，在書中詳盡交代個人及新加坡的成長歷程。