In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.

If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, - and that they, and not I, are the natural…

Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits.

Liberty, too, must be limited in order to be possessed.

'I think it would be a pity if Chaudhry brushed aside majority Fijian opinion on a major issue. He has done this before and it will be a sad day for Fiji if he…

There should be on great occasions a sense of crowd and urgency. There should be a sense of the importance of much that is said, and a sense that great matters…

To govern men, you must either excel them in their accomplishments, or despise them.