'We will only overcome this (communal politics) when there is greater interracial trust, confidence and assimilation.'

'In view of what has happened to other indigenous groups, the fear and insecurity of Fijians should be easy to understand.'

'It requires commitment, vision and will. Differences of ethnicity and multi-culturalism have to be managed and accommodated. It is a difficult balancing act, …

'They (the indigenous Fijian people) believe they (their demands for political power) are just and reasonable, given our history, racial division, present-day …

Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York!

'I would never be involved in an illegal activity. I believe I was related to the coup because I was criticising the Chaudry Government. When Chaudry became Pr…

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.