(Letter to President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, 5 December 1987).
Famous Kamisese Mara Quotes
“It was the work of opportunists, crooks, thugs for their own self-gain and interest.”
Attributed to him posthumously by his friend, business tycoon Hari Punja[citation needed]
(Concerning public demonstrations and roadblocks led by Methodist ministers, calling for a ban on Sunday sport and commerce).
(Quotes from an interview conducted in 2001, broadcast on Fijian television partially on 30 April 2001, and fully on 29 April 2004).
(On the eve of final his departure from the Prime Ministerial office). (Report to President Ganilau, 15 May 1992).
“At that stage my heart ruled my head.”
concerning the 1987 coups and their aftermath The Fiji Sun http://www.sun.com.fj/
Kamisese Mara Quotes about life
Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand (26 July 1999) http://www.minpac.govt.nz/resources/reference/pvdocs/opening/mara.php.
Kamisese Mara Quotes
Attributed to him posthumously by his friend, business tycoon Hari Punja[citation needed]
Independence Day address, 10 October 1970.
(Attributed to him by his daughter, Adi Koila Nailatikau in a Senate speech http://www.parliament.gov.fj/hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=266&viewtype=full, 22 October 2004).
Attributed
concerning the 1987 coups and their aftermath The Fiji Sun http://www.sun.com.fj/.
Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand (26 July 1999) http://www.minpac.govt.nz/resources/reference/pvdocs/opening/mara.php.
The Pacific Way: A Memoir (1996).
Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand (26 July 1999) http://www.minpac.govt.nz/resources/reference/pvdocs/opening/mara.php.
“If the constitution goes, I go.”
(Quotes from an interview conducted in 2001, broadcast on Fijian television partially on 30 April 2001, and fully on 29 April 2004).
(Quotes from an interview conducted in 2001, broadcast on Fijian television partially on 30 April 2001, and fully on 29 April 2004).
(Attributed to Mara by his successor as President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, 10 October 2005).
Independence Day address, 10 October 1970.