Laisenia Qarase (1941) Prime Minister of Fiji
Additional remarks about the proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission, Address to the Editors' Forum, Suva, 27 July 2005
“There is less danger, gentlemen, in living according to a set of high moral principles than most politicians believe.”
— Michael Moorcock, book The Land Leviathan
Book 1, Chapter 6 “A Haven of Civilization” (p. 214)
The Land Leviathan (1974)
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