Withdrawal or non-participation is an option open to idealists and cynics. We live in an imperfect world and our politicians are no exception. No one is, but we owe it to our country and ourselves to deal with circumstances as they are, not as we would like them to be.

Our ethnicity is part of us, however, it should not isolate or distance us from the community in which we live. People of different cultures cannot not live pe…

Mahendra Chaudhry, former Prime Minister (1999-2000): 'Ratu Joni is an eminent scholar who served Fiji with distinction in the last 20 years holding high offic…

It is not a matter of who can give the most but rather the spirit in which one participates in nation- building. And I apply that term to whatever useful exerc…

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his Government, deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and frie…

In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty.

I think everybody who has a brain should get involved in politics. Working within. Not criticizing it from the outside. Become an active participant, no matter…