'I don't have to be nice to people who are causing great damage to the nation ... I refuse to be nice to people who want to overthrow what the military and the security forces have been doing to maintain law and order in this country in the past five years since the illegal overthrow of the Labour Government ... I refuse to be nice to people like Jioji Kotobalavu and Qoriniasi Bale. I don't have to be nice to anyone trying to destabilise what the army has built.' (30 May 2005)
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'If we don't put our foot down, they will release every man and his dog.' (Criticizing the government's policy of releasing political prisoners).
Permalink to quote #4 'The military will dish out the same fate we dealt George Speight and his group to anyone whom we think deserves this treatment ... This warning is to anyone w…
Permalink to quote #6 'You have to give it (the tiger) room. If you don't give it room, it will bite you.' (4 January 2005; seen as a veiled threat to politicians not to interfere w…
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