20 May 2005, explaining why he had not consulted the Great Council of Chiefs on the legislation
Additional remarks about the proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission
“"Any Bill is drafted without consulting any party or stakeholders is because it contains what the Government wants to be included in the Bill." (20 May 2005, explaining why he had not consulted the Great Council of Chiefs on the legislation).”
Additional remarks about the proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission
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Attacking David Cameron, during his Labour Party Conference speech on 26 September 2006.
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2000, Warning to the Great Council of Chiefs, 9 March 2006
Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order exploring the adverse impacts of military expenditures on the realization of a democratic and equitable international order http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IntOrder/Pages/Reports.aspx.
2015, Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 122
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
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Judicial opinions, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
Context: We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to coerce that consent. Authority here is to be controlled by public opinion, not public opinion by authority.