4 Ratu Epeli Ganilau Quotes on Ethnicity

Ratu Epeli Ganilau quotes on ethnicity

8. 'To create a Fiji where people of different ethnicities, religions and cultures can live and work together for the good of all, can differ without rancour, govern without violence and accept responsibility as reasonable people intent on serving the best interest of all'.

19. 'As a country, we have not started to see how much we can achieve as a nation and we will not have any idea of our strength if we continue to deny ourselves the opportunity to come together as one people. We have not been able to pool the resources and talent of our people and exploit them for our common good. It will continue to evade us if we continue to stress our ethnicity and group differences.'

23. 'We should not allow ourselves, individually or our ethnic communities to become easy tools for politics of race that will continue to segregate us mentally and emotionally.'

25. 'The danger ... is that unscrupulous politicians have continued to preach their racially divided visions for Fiji.'