Laisenia Qarase (1941) Prime Minister of Fiji
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
Additional remarks about the proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission
Laisenia Qarase (1941) Prime Minister of Fiji
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
Laisenia Qarase (1941) Prime Minister of Fiji
Additional remarks about the proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission, Response to the decision of the Great Council of Chiefs to endorse the bill, 28 July 2005
“Why weren't the victims involved in the consultations prior to the formulation of this Bill?”
Koila Nailatikau (1953) Fijian politician
On the government's proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission, 24 July, 2005
Petero Mataca (1933–2014) Catholic archbishop
Statement to the media, 23 June 2005 http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=23578, on the government's proposal to establish a Reconciliation and Unity Commission (excerpts)
Tony Blair (1953) former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In full: Tony Blair's speech http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5382590.stm, BBC News online <br class="br">Attacking David Cameron, during his Labour Party Conference speech on 26 September 2006. <br class="br">2000s
Frank Bainimarama (1954) Prime Minister of Fiji
2000, Warning to the Great Council of Chiefs, 9 March 2006
Alfred de Zayas (1947) American United Nations official
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. <br class="br">2015, Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
“Basis for Negotiations” p. 122
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954) American judge
319 U.S. 641
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.