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Government seems unaware that the more race-based measures it tries to put in place the faster that time bomb burns to detonation point.

— Epeli Ganilau

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To share responsibility with the people of the province should be, in my view, the proudest bequest of a chief to his people.

How often have we seen the bigotry of the religious fanaticisms and intolerance that have occurred in Fiji?

Temples have been desecrated, places of worship are destroyed, all in the prejudice view that one religion is the true one and others are not.

It (2006) will be the year of rebuilding and reclaiming the lost confidence, the lost spirit and the lost soul of our beloved country.

For too long, we have allowed fear to dictate our politics and suspicions, to shape how we perceive other communities.

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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