Kamisese Mara Quotes

• In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

  Kamisese Mara

  Order, Understanding, Tolerance

  Kamisese Mara (1977). “Selected speeches”

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• The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

  Kamisese Mara

  Fun, Hard Work, Parenting

  Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand, July 26, 1999.

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• I said, yes, if you think I will avoid bloodshed by standing aside I will stand aside … but I will never ever again come back.

  Kamisese Mara

  Thinking, Bloodshed, Said

  Interview conducted in 2001, broadcast on Fijian television, April 29, 2004.

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• It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

  Kamisese Mara

  Leadership, Government, Finals

  Letter to President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, en.wikiquote.org. December 5, 1987.

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• It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline.

  Kamisese Mara

  Religious, Jesus, Teaching

  Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand, July 26, 1999.

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• Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

  Kamisese Mara

  Military, Two, Fiji

  Report to President Ganilau, May 15, 1992.

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• I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister.

  Kamisese Mara

  Prime, Ministers, Prime Minister

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• How could I stand by and watch my house on fire?

  Kamisese Mara

  Fire, House, Watches

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• Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.

  Kamisese Mara

  Trust, Back Again, Ifs

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• If the constitution goes, I go.

  Kamisese Mara

  Constitution, Ifs

  Interview conducted in 2001, broadcast on Fijian television, April 29, 2004.

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• I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.

  Kamisese Mara

  Children, Clubs, Burden

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• Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs.

  Kamisese Mara

  Confidence, Jobs, Loss

  Report to President Ganilau, May 15, 1992.

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• I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.

  Kamisese Mara

  Fields, Plantations, Has Beens

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• I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.

  Kamisese Mara

  Heart, Aggravation, Deterioration

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• The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.

  Kamisese Mara

  Firsts, Officers, Has Beens

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