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How could I stand by and watch my house on fire? (This quote, and the one following, were part of his defence for joining Sitiveni Rabuka's military government in 1987).

— Kamisese Mara

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It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

"It was the work of opportunists, crooks, thugs for their own self-gain and interest."

"I had been in touch with a lot of people I thought would stand by me in the front row of the scrum, (I) didn't know it was going to collapse."

(On his Catholic faith): "Certainly it has been the rock on which I have always been able to rely in good times and in bad, and it is the lodestone of my life."

The Pacific Way: A Memoir (1996)

At that stage my heart ruled my head".

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